Accident claims five lives on Obuasi-Dunkwa road

Five persons, including the driver of a Toyota Hilux pickup truck, lost their lives last Saturday evening in a head on collision at Adinkra on the Obuasi-Dunkwa-On-Offin road.

Seventeen other passengers, who sustained various degrees of injury, were rushed to hospitals in Obuasi.

The incident, which happened around 7 p.m., occurred when the Toyota Hilux, with registration number GC 9888-20, driving towards Dunkwa, attempted to overtake a leading vehicle and in the process veered off its lane and collided head- on with a Sprinter bus, with registration number AW 6620-13, on its way towards Obuasi, which had passengers on board.

The driver of the pickup, who has been identified as Alhaji Mustapha Iddrissu, 50, died on the spot together with three other passengers on board the bus.

A fifth person later died at the hospital bringing the total number of casualties to five.

Confirmation

The Ashanti Regional Police