14 dead in a gory accident at Anyinam
2nd February 2018
Fourteen family members have have lost their lives in a gory car accident at Anyinam in the Atewa District of the Eastern region earlier today.
ASP Ebenezer Tetteh, the Public Relations Officer of the Eastern regional while speaking on Accra based radio station Citi FM stated that should the driver have exercised a little constraint, the sad incident could have been prevented.
The occupants were in a sprinter with a registration number GN 3699-14 and were cruising from Nkawkaw to Accra when it run into a MAN diesel cargo truck with the registration number WR-5783-C in an attempt to make an overtaking.
“At about 23:30 hours at a spot opposite Wapco filling station near Anyinam a Benz sprinter bus with registration number GN- 3699- 14 loaded with about 25pieces of 2/4 lumber with passengers on-board from the Nkawkaw side of the road towards Accra on reaching the WAPCO filling station near Anyinam overtook vehicles ahead of him and in the process collided with a Man diesel cargo truck with registration number WR-5783-C which was also heading the opposite direction”.
ASP Ebenezer further said “the driver of the cargo truck lost control of the wheels and also in the process collided with another sprinter Benz bus with registration number GT-546-U loaded with foodstuffs and passengers, 14 persons on board the sprinter including 5 children below 5 years all died on the spot. Several other passengers on board the cargo truck were rushed to the Enyiresi and Kibi government hospitals for treatment.”
“the mortal remains of the passengers were removed from the mangled vehicles and have since been deposited at the Nkawkaw Holy Family Hospital for autopsy and identification. I will plead with road users to be calm on our roads to prevent these fatalities.”
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