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General News of Saturday, March 23, 2019
Source: 3news.com
2019-03-23
The bodies of victims burned from the Kintampo crash are buried
At least 35 people were burned to death Friday when two heavy-duty commercial vehicles crashed near Kintampo in the Bono-Est region were buried in droves.
The death of fifty-six people was confirmed in the accident involving the two buses, which carried a total of 108 pbadengers. Fifty-two others, including three children, suffered various types of injuries.
Police and local authorities said most of them had been burned without any recognition, which necessitated mbadive burial at Jema cemetery on Saturday morning.
The ceremony, chaired by police, chiefs, sanitarians and other representatives of local authorities, brought together people whose relatives were involved in the bloody accident but were able to identify their body.
Most of the people who died on the bus that caught fire when it collided would be residents of Garu and surrounding areas in the Upper East region.
They were traveling from Garu to Kumasi on a GPRTU bus, GT5694-18, when their bus collided head-on with a VVIP bus registered GT-3916-17 at Ampomakurom, near Jema, around 2.00am.
The intensity of the collision caused the fire by bus to Kumasi, which killed the occupants.
Emmanuel Asore, Garu District General Manager, who attended mbad burial Saturday, told 3news.com: "It's a dark day for all of us," noting that he lost a member of his family while its president presided over the loss of five parents in the accident.
He added that the entire Far East region is morning with the families of the deceased, noting that a memorial service and a vigil will be organized for the dead.
Asore said that "nearly 35 of the victims were burned without any recognition".
However, he revealed that seven people among the burned people were identified by their relatives on Saturday morning and were handed the bodies for burial.
"We believe that it was designed by God and that we accept it," said Asore, adding that the latest horrific accident should be a call to the government, the police and the people of Ghana to that they take steps to prevent some of these murders on our roads. .
He stressed the need for vehicles to be subject to appropriate controls before they can travel on the roads and also asked transport operators to make sure that they always have two drivers in one bus over long distances to avoid fatigue.
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