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27 Apr

Two In Critical Condition After Accident At Gomoa Onyadze

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A driver and a passenger in a Toyota Corolla with the registration number GT1753- Z are battling for their lives after the car they were traveling with crashed with an articulated truck at Gomoa Onyadze on the Kasoa – Cape Coast Highway in the Central Region. The incident happened on Tuesday April 25, 2023 around 5:00PM. Public Relations Officer of the Ghana National Fire Service, Winneba, Assistant Divisional Officer Grade 1 ADO1 Ebenezer Fiifi Dadzie in an interview with Kasapa News, Yaw Boagyan explained that the bonnet of the Toyota Corolla car opened and hit the windscreen which blocked the…

12 Apr

3 Dead In Kumasi-Techiman Highway Accident

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Three persons have died in an accident on the Kumasi-Techiman road in the Ashanti Region. The incident happened on Tuesday morning when a BMV saloon car with registration number GR 6211 -V heading towards Techiman collided with a tipper truck coming from Sunyani at Nkenkaasu. According to eyewitnesses, the tipper truck veered off its lane and crashed into the BMV The driver and the other two in the BMV saloon car died on the spot while the tipper truck driver got severely injured. The Ghana National Fire Service officers rushed to the scene to help with extrication and to allow…

11 Apr

One Dead In An Accident Involving Trailer, 3 Salon Cars

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A trailer has run over three salon cars at Sokoban in the Ashanti Region, leaving one person dead. A trailer with registration AS 9456 D lost control of its brake and run over three salon cars, mangling two of the cars. According to eyewitnesses, the vehicle, which was carrying a 40-foot container, was coming from Sokoban on the Ahodwo-Trede road. The deceased is identified as a male who was driving with his wife, who got injured. The woman and another person in a different car are receiving treatment at the Asafo Agyei Hospital. The Assembly member of the Sokoban-Daaban area,…

07 Apr

S/R: Two Female Students Die In Accident At Gidabour

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Two female SHS students from Bole have reportedly died as a bus believed to be carrying students from Lassia Tuolu Senior High School in the Upper West region and moving towards Techiman was involved in an accident. The accident occurred around Gidabour community in the Savannah region. Daughter of Tingawura Abudu Sampson of the Bole Traditional area and one other female died on the spot. The remaining passengers have been rushed to the Bole hospital. It is still unclear what caused the accident but residents attribute it to the bad nature of the Wa-Sawla-Bole highway The road in 2017 was awarded on…

06 Mar

Ghastly Accident At Tetteh Quarshie Interchange Kills One

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A gory accident at the Tetteh Quarshie Interchange has led to the death of one person. The accident which occurred on Monday, March 6, involved a tipper truck, a Sprinter and a BMW saloon car. The cause of the accident is not yet known. In a related development, another accident has occurred on the Kintampo and Babatokuma road. It also claimed 22 lives. The deceased include 17 men, four women and one child. According to reports, 21 persons died on the spot while one person died at the Kintampo Government Hospital. The Yendi-Kumasi bound bus with registration number AS 4635-22…

06 Jan

2 Die In An Accident On Accra-Tema Motorway

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Two persons have died in an accident on the Tema-bound side of the Accra-Tema Motorway. The incident happened on Thursday, January 5. An eyewitness who spoke to newsmen said the driver was over speeding and weaving through other cars. The eye witness added that the driver lost control and crashed into a parked articulated truck. The car was destroyed in the process. Source: myjoyonline

12 Sep

UEW Mourns Lecturer, 3 Students Who Died In An Accident At Apirede

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Students and management of the University of Education, Winneba (UEW), have been thrown into a state of mourning following the death of four persons in an accident at Apirede in the Eastern Region. Some of the students, who spoke to Adom News, expressed their shock after the news broke. The accident, which occurred on Friday, claimed the lives of a lecturer and three female students of the institution while several others were injured. The victims are of the university’s Early Grade and Childhood Development who were on their way to an excursion at Mountain Afadjato. The injured, according to the Students Representative Council, are…

26 Apr

Wearing Skimpy And Mini Dresses Contribute To Road Accident –Pearl Adusu Gyasi

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The head of Corporate Affairs at the National Road Safety Authority, Pearl Adusu Gyasi, has revealed that women and young ladies who walk by the roadside in skimpy dresses contributes to road accident. Speaking on Ghana Nti with Isaac Oteng on Movement TV, she said ‘’there are several factors that lead to road accidents. Over speeding is the leading cause, followed by wrongful overtaking, fatigue, drunk driving, paying attention to your phone or being involved in destructive activities including watching women who walk by the road side in short and skimpy dresses while driving”. He added that within the first…