Fuel tanker overturns on Tema motorway

A fuel tanker on Tuesday evening overturned on the Tema Motorway in the Greater Accra region.

The cause of the incident which occurred precisely at 10:00 p.m. is yet to be established.

However, pictures from the accident scene show the tanker fell off on a bumpy side of the highway.

Fortunately, the Ghana National Fire Service promptly responded, arriving 30 minutes after the incident.

All passengers and the driver on board were rescued unharmed.

ADO1 Alex King Nartey of the Ghana National Fire Service’s Public Relations Department told Citi News that “they successfully offloaded the fuel to prevent a potential fire outbreak.”

This adds to the number of accidents that have occurred on the major road.

On October 8, 2023, a fuel tanker transporting 54,000 litres of diesel from Tema Express Oil Marketing Company to the Western Region caught fire at Ayensukrom No.2, a community along the Tarkwa-Bogoso Highway.

The truck, with registration number GR-3583-20, was transporting the fuel to Hiawa and Aboi Nkwanta when the incident occurred.

Also on May 18, 2023, two people were in critical condition after an accident involving a fuel tanker and an articulated truck at Winneba junction in the Central Region.

According to reports, the fuel tanker driver with registration number GR 4339-C tried to avoid a head-on collision with an articulated truck with registration number 7310-BH.

Again on May 7, 2023, a fuel Tanker caught fire after crashing while descending the Mamfe Akuapem mountains towards Adawso in the Eastern region.

The situation is reported to be serious as the tanker continues to explode.

Calls by residents in Tema and its environs for the pot-hole-filled road to be fixed are yet to be answered by the government.