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General News of Monday, March 25, 2019
Source: citinewsroom.com
2019-03-25
Many of the pbadengers of the bus were burned beyond recognition
Kintampo police justified the decision of the Kintampo District Hospital to organize a mbadive funeral for the victims of the Techiman-Kintampo road accident, which left more than 60 dead on Friday latest.
The decision taken in consultation with relevant stakeholders saw 39 out of 67 confirmed dead, buried on Saturday.
S addressing Citi News, the Kintampo District Police Commander, DSP Ofori Boateng, said the burial was necessary because the victims had been burned without any recognition.
He was under the surveillance of members of the Ghana Police Service, local authorities, religious leaders and traditional chiefs of the Jema Cemetery.
Relatives of unidentified persons involved in the fatal accident were also present.
According to DSP Boateng, regular procedures were followed before the victims were buried en bloc.
"Stakeholders in Kintampo District, as well as the Member of Parliament and some family members of the people involved in the accident, all agreed that burned bodies without any physical recognition should be buried. It was an agreement between the parent, stakeholders and district environmental health officials. Investigations are still ongoing and the police are willing to provide more information to families looking for relatives, "he said.
The accident occurred last Friday on the Techiman-Kintampo road, where two buses collided with one of them being caught on fire.
Many of the pbadengers on the bus were burned to the point where they were no longer recognized, while the other bus died instantly.
Many others wounded to varying degrees were taken to nearby hospitals for medical treatment.
A second accident also occurred on the same day at Ekumfi Dunkwa on the Cape Coast-Accra road.
About 10 people also died in this accident.
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