A total of 21 persons, including a 12-year-old girl, are in critical condition and currently on admission at different hospitals in the Eastern region.

Thirteen of them have been sent to Hawa Memorial Hospital at Osiem, five at Enyeresi Government Hospital while three are at the Kyebi Government Hospital.

This was after a sprinter bus with registration number AS-5579-17, they were travelling in burst its from tyre and crashed into a large bill board at Asiakwa Junction on the Accra-Kumasi road on Sunday, 27 May 2018.

The bus was said to be traveling from Ashiaman to Kumasi.

The 12-year-old girl who lost her leg in the process was immediately referred from the Enyresi hospital to Koforidua Regional Hospital.

However, no death has been recorded.