Confirmed: 55 dead in a fatal road accident between Kintampo and Techiman



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The 53 people who survived the fatal accident are receiving treatment at various health facilities.

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The death toll of the deadly accident between two buses on the Kintampo-Techiman road in the Bono East area is now 55, confirmed police.

CPA Kintampo divisional police 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.

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One of the buses caught fire after the frontal collision, reports Anas, aggravating the consequences of the accident.

According to him, 53 people who survived the fatal accident are being treated in various health facilities.

He gave the following breakdown of the wounded and the place where they were sent; 40 were sent to Jema hospital; Twelve people also receive medical care at the Holy Family Hospital in Techiman, while another person is treated at the Wenchi government hospital.

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