Ten persons have died and two others seriously injured in two separate fatal accidents in Accra and Dadiesoaba in the Brong Ahafo Region.
Two persons died on the spot in the Accra accident which involved a tipper truck and a taxi at Awoshie Wednesday evening. The body of one of the victims is severed and locked up in the mangled taxi.
Eight others died on the spot and two seriously injured in the Dadiesoaba accident which occurred Tuesday afternoon involving a tricycle [Aboboyaa] and a tipper truck. The injured are currently seeking medical attention.
Personnel from the emergency services are currently at Awoshie Market Traffic Light where the Accra accident happened and are trying to cut-open the mangled taxi to remove the severed body.
The tipper truck with registration GT 1698-X which was loaded with huge culverts and the taxi, were said to be making a U-turn at the traffic intersection when the truck lost balance and landed on the taxi killing the two occupants instantly, eyewitnesses told TV3.
The eyewitness, Kofi Boateng told TV3 the accident occurred at about 5:30, adding “the taxi is destroyed beyond recognition. We can’t even identify the number plate and the make of the car.”
“Officers from the Fire Service and the Police are trying to cut the taxi to remove one of the occupants whose body has been dismembered,” he added.
He said the both the truck and the taxi were from the Pokuase area heading towards Awoshie junction, noting that when the cars got to the traffic intersection, they then tried to make a U-turn and in the process, the truck fell on the taxi which was in another lane on the trucks right-side.
The accident has caused traffic on the road which links the N1 Highway at Awoshie junction.
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Source: GhanaWeb
