Awutu Breku accident claims two lives
An accident at Awutu Breku last Friday claimed two lives, while 20 others sustained injuries when a commercial Sprinter bus collided with a Kia Pride taxi.
The taxi driver, Isaac Cobby, had been identified as one of those who died, while the other person believed to be a passenger on the sprinter bus was yet to be identified.
The two bodies have since been deposited at the Swedru Government Hospital morgue for preservation, while the police investigate the incident.
An eyewitness account indicated that the accident occurred at a spot close to the Sapato Filling Station at Awutu Breku where the two vehicles, which were coming from opposite directions, collided.
Police
When the Awutu Breku District Police Commander, Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) Mr Samuel Amfo, was contacted, he confirmed the incident and indicated that the police received information at about 6 a.m. last Friday that two cars had collided.
He said a team of policemen was despatched to the scene.
ASP Amfo said the driver of the taxicab died on the spot, while a male passenger on the Sprinter died after he had been taken to the St Gregory Clinic at Budumburam for treatment.
All the other injured victims, he said, were taken to the same clinic for treatment.
Later, he said the police visited the injured victims at the clinic but 14 of them had been treated and discharged.
Five other victims of the accident, including the driver of the Sprinter bus, identified as Kwasi Ampadu, were still on admission.
Preliminary investigations by the police, Mr Amfo said, had established that the Sprinter Benz bus with registration number GR4816-16, had 20 passengers on board, as well as a driver’s mate, and was heading to Takoradi from Accra.
The Kia Pride taxi on the other hand was from Awutu Breku to Accra.
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