Juaso: 2 Dead, Another In Critical Condition In Ghastly Accident On Accra-Kumasi Highway
Two people have been confirmed dead while another is in critical condition in an accident which occurred in the early hours of Saturday at Juaso on the Accra-Kumasi highway, the Ghana Police Service said in a statement.
The deceased, have been named as Frederick Oduro, aged 38, and Kwadwo Oppong, 46, the police at the Konongo Division said in a report.
The male adults were returning from Accra to Kumasi when their Hyundai Accent saloon car with registration number GW 329 -20 collided head-on with a KIA Grandbird bus with registration number, ER 6000 -11 which was moving on the opposite direction of the road.
“Some of the occupants onboard the KIA Grandbird bus sustained injuries and were rushed to the Juaso Government Hospital for treatment”, the police said in its report.
One of the victims has been referred to thee Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH) for further treatment, the report added. Bodies of the deceased have been deposited at the Steward Mortuary at Yawkwei near Konongo.
The badly mangled vehicles have been towed from the accident scene.