Five die in two accidents
Five persons have died in two separate accidents at Miotso and Bunso in the Greater Accra and Eastern regions. In the Miotso accident, four males died when a Metro Mass Transit bus crashed into a tipper truck on Monday morning, leaving 41 other passengers injured, while a female died in the Bunso accident when a VIP bus veered off its lane and landed on its side last Saturday.
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Five persons were injured in the Bunso accident and all the injured were sent to hospital for treatment.
The deceased in the Miotso accident are yet to be identified while the one in the Bunso accident has been identified as Dorcas Narh, 26.
Miotso
The Tema Regional Police Command Public Relations Officer, Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) Ms Juliana Obeng, who confirmed the incident, said the truck with registration number GN 2413-13 and the Metro Mass Transit bus with registration number GE 4849-11 were both heading towards Tema.
She said at a spot near the Central University College at Miotso, the Metro Mass bus rammed into the tipper truck.
Ms Obeng said the police suspected that the accident might have occurred due to poor visibility, lack of attention and misjudgment on the part of the Metro Mass bus driver.
According to her, the Tema Regional Police MTTU will liaise with the Ghana Highway Authority to discuss the possibility of mounting a series of speed humps on that segment of the road to curb the rate of accidents there.
Divided Attention
Three of the passengers , Mr Kingley Atigah Fiamawle, Ms Vida Amesika and Madam Mary Gabala, who all sustained injuries in the accident, alleged that the driver of the bus, Mr Laud Osei had divided attention.
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They told the Daily Graphic in separate interviews that Mr Osei who had no conductor aboard the vehicle, was also issuing tickets and collecting money at the same time.
Mr Osei, however denied the allegations that he was speeding while taking inventory of the cash and tickets at the same time.
He told the police and officials of the MMT who visited the hospital that while heading towards Miotso from Sangblemi where the government affordable houses had been built, he realised the Tipper truck loaded with sand had parked in his lane with no reflective signage, and before he could manage the situation, the operating system of the bus seized and he rammed into the truck resulting in the death of the four.
Congestion
This is the third accident on that same stretch in the spate of three weeks.
Three students of the Central University died in similar circumstances on April 27, 2016 while on May 1, 2016 one person died and seven sustained injuries on that same spot of the road.
This is the third accident on that same stretch in the spate of three weeks.
Three students of the Central University died in similar circumstances on April 27, 2016 while on May 1, 2016 one person died and seven sustained injuries on that same stretch of road.
Bunso
The Eastern Regional Commander of the of the Motor Transport and Traffic Department of the Ghana Police Service, Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) Mr Ebenezer Larbi, said preliminary investigations revealed that the slippery nature of the road could also have been a factorin the accident at Bunso.
He said the accident which occurred at about 6 p.m. last Saturday was suspected to have been caused by speeding when it was raining.
He said the vehicle with registration number GR 5086 – 13 veered off its lane and landed on its side on the opposite direction.
Mr Larbi advised drivers to be very cautious to avoid such occurrences.