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General News of Saturday, March 23, 2019
Source: GNA
2019-03-23
35 dead people were burned beyond recognition
An official report from the government hospital in Jema confirmed that 67 people died in the bloody accident that occurred on the Techiman-Kintampo highway in the early hours of Friday.
Upon arrival at the hospital, two of the victims who sustained serious injuries died on arrival, while 35 of the deceased were burned. One of the buses involved in the accident caught fire due to the impact of the accident.
Dr Kwabena Tabiri, a hospital doctor, told reporters on Friday in Jema, in the southern district of Kintampo, in the newly created Bono-Est region, that the charred bodies have since been dropped off at the morgue. from the hospital. wounded were also admitted, saying that many of the wounded were in critical condition.
At Techiman Holy Family Hospital Meanwhile, the Administrator's Christopher Akanbobnaab told reporters that six out of 30 injured people admitted to the hospital were in critical condition.
He added that no deaths had yet been recorded among the wounded during his admission, but that two of the critically ill people were undergoing surgery.
The accident occurred around 1:00 am, when two buses, a Grandbird with registration number GT 5694-18, traveling from Garu to Kumasi, and a VIP bus with registration number GT 3916-17, traveling from Accra to Bolgatanga, collided.
The investigations of the GNA revealed that the accident had occurred at "Watchman", an agricultural village located along the road connecting Tuobodom, in the North Techiman district, in Jema.
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