Four die in gory accident on Kumasi-Techiman road
Four passengers have died in a gory accident on the Kumasi-Techiman road in the Ashanti region.
The fatalities in the accident which occurred Sunday also included a Spanish citizen.
The tragedy occurred after a Yutong bus collided head-on with a Mitsibushi Pajero vehicle, Asaase Radio reported Monday.
The impact caused the bus to burst in flames, killing one person on the spot.
Two were pronounced dead on arrival by medics at the Nkensu Government Hospital in the Offinso North district of the Ashanti region.
Another who sustained severe injuries passed on while being sent to the Wenchi gorvenment Hospital .
Four others are responding to treatment at the hospital while other victims have been transferred to the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital.
The identities of the three Ghanaians who died remain sketchy. But the Spaniard is a 45 year old man identified as Reuben.
He was reportedly returning from the Upper West region with a Ghanaian colleague when they both met their untimely death.
Kumasi-Techiman road is a known accident-prone stretch.
On the 4TH of October, 2019, a bullion van belonging to the Bank of Ghana crashed head-on with a petrol tanker at the Kumasi-Techiman on a Friday afternoon which led to the death of three persons with two other persons seriously injured.
Another accident occurred on the 4TH of June in 2011. Eight people died on the spot in a fatal accident involving a 207 Benz bus and a cargo truck with other two persons left seriously injured on the Kumasi –Techiman road.
The road which has been an accident-prone area, has led to a lot of concerns being raised by people and groups, especially the likes of
Adding to increasing concerns about fatalities on the road, NADMO has called on the government to give the road some engineering upgrades.