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General News of Thursday, March 28, 2019
Source: pulse.com.gh
2019-03-28
Kwaku Ofori Asiamah cried uncontrollably on the site of mbad burial
Kwaku Ofori Asiamah, the Minister of Transport could not hold back his tears when he went to the scene of the terrible Kintampo accident.
He cried when he was told how some of the survivors caused the accident.
Asiamah visited the victims with his colleague Minister of Roads and Highways, Kwasi Amoako Atta.
The two ministers, accompanied by May Obiri Yeboah, executive director of the Ghana National Road Safety Commission (NRSC), and the staff of the Techiman and Kintampo police commands, also visited the scene of the accident. in Ampomakrom, in the southern district of Kintampo.
In describing how this happened, one of the survivors said, "We were from Garu and somewhere along the line, we saw another vehicle climb the rough road, our driver took the hope of join him and tried to overtake him. "
"From there, he continued to speed up and when you advised him to be restrained, he told you that he wanted to pick traders who traded okro who were waiting for him." even said to those who could not stand the speed at which he was traveling could get off the vehicle. "
"After crossing the police barrier, I saw him doze and he deviated from the road, but it was too late to save the situation.Our bus hit the VVIP bus at the origin of this avoidable accident ".
The team also visited the victims of the Ekumfi road accident on Friday, March 22, 2019, at the Trauma & Specialist Hospital in Winneba and St. Luke Holy Family Hospital. Apam.
According to the police, 59 people were killed in the Kintampo road accident, of which 39 were burned.
53 people from both buses survived the road accident.
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