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Gory accident:12 persons killed in accident on Elmina – Komenda junction road

A gory accident has occurred at Eduagyei on the Elmina -Komenda junction road in the Central Region.The accident claimed the lives of twelve  productive Ghanaians, bringing to question, the safety of the our roads.

“According to the Police, the 12 persons died when a Toyota Hiace bus with registration number WR 1347- 17, collided head-on with a DAF Truck with registration number GM 2570-12“.

The sex of the dead include 5 females and 7 males. The bodies  of those who perished have been deposited at the Cape Coast teaching Hospital Morgue for autopsy.

Eyewitnesses reports indicates that the DAF trailer that was fully loaded with bags of cement was heading towards Takoradi while that of the  the Toyota Hiace bus was heading to Kumasi from Takoradi.

Gory accident:12 persons killed in accident on Elmina – Komenda junction road
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The trailer is reported to have allegedly overtook a vehicle ahead of it. The area was  in a poor visibility  state due to smoke from a burning bush. This action of the trailer made it to run into the Toyota Hiace bus.

Gory accident:12 persons killed in accident on Elmina – Komenda junction road
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The Ghana National Fire Service is reporting that they received a distress call at 15:50hrs. The said the call came  from a Police officer and their rescue team was quickly dispatched to the scene from the Elmina Fire Station.

Gory accident:12 persons killed in accident on Elmina – Komenda junction road
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The team from the  Fire Service extricated the victims with the aim of searching for survivors.

By Robert

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