Seven people died on the spot on Saturday morning following a collision between a VIP Yutong bus with registration number GR 7632-24 and a fuel tanker with registration number UE 9644-22 near Suhum on the Accra-Kumasi highway.
The accident occurred around 4:30 a.m. after the fuel tanker had a burst tyre and reportedly veered into the lane of the VIP bus.
According to a report by the Eastern Regional branch of the Ghana National Fire Service (GNFS), a 31-year-old Emmanuel Assibey was in charge of a Daf Tanker vehicle loaded with diesel from Accra and heading towards the Kumasi direction of the road.
On reaching a section of the road between Obretema and Omenako, near Suhum on the Accra-Kumasi highway, the tanker veered off from its lane, crossed the median of the road and crashed into the driver side of a Yutong bus with registration number GR 7632-24 with 32 passengers on board from Tamale to Accra.
“The passengers on board both vehicles were trapped,” a report from the GNFS said.
The GNFS at Suhum assisted in removing the victims, who sustained various degrees of injury. They were then rushed to the Suhum Government Hospital for treatment.
According to the GNFS, the tanker driver, his mate, the Yutong driver, two females and two male passengers on board the bus were pronounced dead on arrival.
The Regional Police Commander led a team of officers to the Suhum Government Hospital and the doctor on duty confirmed that 27 passengers are currently on admission at the hospital receiving treatment whilst two of the victims whose conditions were critical were being prepared to be referred to the regional hospital in Koforidua for further treatment.
The bodies of the seven deceased persons have been deposited at the Suhum hospital mortuary for preservation, identification and autopsy.
Source: https://energynewsafrica.com