Death trap at Airport bypass

Dr Nana Kwesi Acheampong is still in a trance, still unsure how he managed that great escape.

Death had stared him directly in the face, but through what he believes was divine escape, the medical practitioner’s life was spared a needless death at a construction site that has become a death trap.

The unfinished portion of the bypass which connects the Kotoka International Airport (KIA) through the close to the Hajj Village is nothing short of a death trap because of the design of the road, as unsuspecting drivers from the Airport Roundabout towards the Polo Club risk running their vehicles into the unmarked road median which is built in the path of oncoming vehicles.

 About 11.15 p.m. on Friday, September 19, barely 30 minutes after he had arrived at the KIA from London where he had attended an outreach programme, Dr Acheampong accidentally ran into the unmarked median on his way home.

It was pitch dark and he lost control of the VW Passat saloon car