Adabraka accident leaves two injured
Two people sustained various degrees of injury last Tuesday when a Toyota Forerunner wagon collided with a BMW saloon car at a point at Adabraka along the Accra-Circle highway.
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When the Daily Graphic reached the scene at exactly 3:05 p.m, the BMW 5 Series was being towed away.
Security personnel who had already been dispatched to the scene managed to maintain sanity and were seen directing traffic to ensure its free movement.
According to an eyewitness who gave his name as Philip, he was in a taxi en route to the Cathedral when he saw the BMW with registration number GR 617 L heading towards Accra at top speed.
He said he asked the driver of the taxi to stop, having sighted the Toyota Forerunner with registration number GW 5150 W speeding towards his direction.
Philip said the traffic light facing the Cathedral road was not functioning, so the Toyota Forerunner driver crossed over to the other end of the road while the traffic light on the Circle-Accra road had turned green.
He added: “What I realised was that both vehicles had collided in the middle of the road. The Toyota Forerunner somersaulted and in the process hit the traffic light which faced the Odorna road and fell on two pedestrians who were crossing the road to the other end”.
In an interview, the supervisor of the Accident Office at the Central Motor Traffic and Transport Unit (MTTU), Chief Inspector Aboagye Daffour, gave the names of the drivers of the accident vehicles as Mr Edmond Thompson and Nana Amoateng.
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He indicated that the pedestrians, Isaac Obeng, 21, and Yaw Asare, 42, were rushed to the Ridge Hospital for medical attention and that the two vehicles were badly damaged.
Investigations are underway to ascertain the actual cause of the collision.
Appeal
Cheif Inspector Daffour appealed to the Ministry of Roads and Highways and the MTTU to help repair the damaged traffic lights to prevent accidents.