A tragic road accident has claimed one life and left several others injured in Asamankese after a tipper truck loaded with sand lost control and crashed into Duke's Fuel Station early Wednesday morning.

The incident occurred on the main Asamankese road, a stretch known for its downward slope from the Police Station area through to the GCB Bank.

Eyewitnesses say the truck was descending at high speed when the driver lost control of the vehicle.

The tipper truck smashed into the diesel fuel dispenser at the station, completely destroying it. The impact also flattened sections of the fuel station’s fence and wrecked multiple metal container shops situated nearby.

Several bystanders were caught in the chaos. One person was confirmed dead at the scene and has been taken to the Asamankese Government Hospital morgue.

Multiple others sustained injuries and were treated by emergency responders.

Locals expressed concern about the accident’s timing, noting that had it occurred on a Monday or Thursday—Asamankese’s market days—the death toll could have been significantly higher.

“It would have been a massacre if today was a market day,” said a shaken eyewitness.

This is not the first time such a tragedy has occurred in the area. In July 2023, a Howo tipper truck crashed into several vehicles, destroying property worth millions of Ghana cedis in a similar fashion.

The Motor Traffic and Transport Department (MTTD) in Asamankese arrived swiftly at the scene to secure the area and begin preliminary investigations.

Officials have not yet issued a formal statement on the cause of the crash or whether the driver survived or is in custody.

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