Three people died on the spot while several others sustained injuries in the morning of Christmas Day when two minibuses in which they were travelling collided head-on at Mankuma in the Bole District of the Savannah Region.
The accident, that occurred around 5.40 am, on Wednesday involved a Ssangyong minibus travelling from Sawla with the Sprinter bus coming from the Bole end of the road.
The Savannah Regional Police Commander, Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCOP), Mr Enoch Adutwum Bediako, confirmed the accident to Graphic Online when contacted.
He said some of the injured persons were sent to the Bole Government Hospital while the bodies of the deceased have been deposited at the same hospital.
The Regional Police Commander said the cause of the accident was not immediately known and that investigation was underway to establish the cause.