[ 2021-02-22 ]

Three killed in road accident on Cape Coast-Accra highway
Three people died in a road accident which
occurred at Gomoa Okyereko Junction on the
Accra-Cape Coast highway Friday evening.
The three, all foreign nationals were occupants of
a Toyota Lancruiser Prado with registration number
GN 3966-17 which was travelling from Cape Coast to
Accra.



The other vehicle involved in the accident was a
fully loaded truck with registration number GN
751-20 which was from Accra towards Cape Coast.

According to eye witnesses, the truck veered off
its lane and collided head-on with the Prado.

The accident happened a few metres away from the
main Okyereko Bridge around 5pm.





The Prado, according to the eyewitnesses
summersaulted several times before landing on the
other side of its lane.

The deceased, a male who was the driver and two
females, whose identities and nationalities are
yet to be ascertained died on the spot.

Their remains have been deposited at the morgue of
the Trauma and Specialist Hospital in Winneba.


The driver of the truck together with his mate
whose identities are not readily available also
sustained injuries and receiving treatment at same
hospital in Winneba.

The station officer at the Ghana National Fire
Service (GNFS) in Winneba, Mr Hackman Afful, told
the media with support from some personnel of the
Ghana Police Service, they managed to clear the
road to ensure free flow of traffic on that
stretch of the road.



He noted that preliminary information gathered
from eye witnesses indicated that when the truck
realised it had developed a fault, the driver
started tooting his horn to ward off vehicles
approaching from the opposite direction but the
driver of the Prado did not notice it which
resulted in the head on collision.

Source - Graphic Online

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