[ 2019-03-23 ]

Death toll in Techiman-Kintampo road accident rises to 67
Official report from the Jema Government Hospital
has confirmed that 67 people perished in the gory
accident which occurred on the Techiman-Kintampo
highway in the early hours of Friday.

Two people of the survivors who sustained degrees
of injury died on arrival at the hospital whilst
35 of the deceased were burnt beyond recognition,
when one of the buses involved in the accident
caught fire due to the impact of the crash.

Dr. Prince Kwabena Tabiri, the Medical Officer in
charge of the Hospital told the media on Friday at
Jema in the Kintampo South District of the
newly-created Bono East Region that the charred
bodies have since been deposited at the
Hospital’s mortuary, and about 30 of the
injured were also on admission, saying, that many
of the injured are in critical condition.

At the Techiman Holy Family Hospital Meanwhile,
Mr. Christopher Akanbobnaab, the Administrator
told reporters that six persons out of 30 injured
and on admission at the Hospital were in a
critical condition.

He said no death had yet been recorded among the
injured on admission but two of those in critical
condition were undergoing surgeries.

The accident occurred around 0100 hours 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, which was
travelling from Accra to Bolgatanga collided
head-on.

GNA investigations revealed that the accident
happened at “Watchman”, a farming
settlement along the highway between Tuobodom in
the Techiman North District and Jema.

Source - GNA

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