You'll come out of this - Weah consoles Ghana after road carnages
24th March 2019
Liberia President, George Oppon Weah, has sent has commiserated with the government of Ghana and her people over the death of scores in two separate road accidents on Friday, 22 March 2019.
About 60 persons have so far been confirmed dead in the accident which involved a VVIP Kia bus with registration number GT 3915- 17 travelling from Garu in the Upper East Region to Kumasi and a Grandbird bus with registration number GT 5694-18 from Accra to Bolgantaga also in the Upper East Region.
About 50 others have also sustained varying degrees of injuries.
The other accident which occurred on the Cape Coast-Accra highway on Friday March 22, 2019 involved three vehicles – a Yutong bus with registration number GN 4368-15, a Metro Mass Transit bus registered AS 2951-10 and an Urvan bus registered GW 9699-18 – which were caught up in the accident which has left scores of passengers in critical condition.
In a statement, Mr Weah said: “To the government and people of Ghana, we like to express our deepest condolences and profound sympathies to you for the tragedy that took the lives of over 90 people yesterday in two separate accidents on the Kintampo Atebubu and Cape Coast roads. The government and people of Liberia are with you in prayers. May God heal your wounds and help you to overcome this calamity. We have no doubt that you will come out of this with renewed hope and zest as you work towards building a better Ghana for all”.