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General News of Friday, March 22, 2019
Source: Myjoyonline.com
2019-03-22
55 dead in a bloody frontal collision between two pbadenger buses on the Kintampo-Techiman road
About 90 people died in two separate road accidents in the eastern and central areas of Bono on Friday.
Police confirmed that 55 people died in the bloody frontal collision between two pbadenger buses on the Kintampo-Techiman road. Fifty-three others are seriously injured.
CPA Kintampo divisional commander Joseph Antwi Gyawu told Anas Sabbit, Joy News correspondent for the eastern Bono region, that 35 of the dead could not be identified.
He added that the fatal crash occurred around 2 am Friday, in a town called Ampoma, in the Bono East area.
Preliminary investigations reveal that the two buses, one bearing the registration number GT 5694 18 and the other GT 3916 17, carried a total of 108 pbadengers.
Survivors have been sent to various health facilities where they are receiving treatment.
Myjoyonline has learned that more than 30 people have reportedly died in another fatal accident at Ekumfi Dunkwa on the Winneba-Cape Coast Highway, in the Central Region's Ekumfi District.
The accident involved a Yutong bus traveling from Takoradi to Accra and a Metro Transit bus to Cape Coast, Graphiconline reported.
According to one eyewitness, the Yutong bus was attempting to overtake another vehicle in wet weather when the accident occurred. Parts of the body littered the scene as blood flowed everywhere.
The wounded were transported to the Hospital Winneba Trauma and to the Mankessim Catholic Hospital, while the deceased's bodies were dropped off at the same hospital morgue.
Police and firefighters were on scene to rescue the victims still stuck in the wreckage. They also direct the traffic that is built on the main road as a result of the accident.
Although Ghana's roads are considered one of the safest on the continent, the absence of double-carriageway roads leading to major cities has been cited as a contributing factor to accidents, many of them resulting in death.
A number of registered cases are also attributable to the negligence of the driver, while many others are due to mechanical defects.
Estimates show that Ghana loses more than 230 million dollars a year due to road accidents. The loss is 1.7% of the country's gross domestic product.
The NRSC announced in 2010 that there were 19 deaths per 10,000 vehicles in Ghana. Statistics showed that 43% of the victims were pedestrians and 53% were vehicle occupants. And 23% of all pedestrian deaths involved children under 16 years of age.
The main cause of road accidents in Ghana is due to excessive speed. This represents 60% of car accidents in the country.
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