Man, 30, dies in car crash
A 30-YEAR-OLD staff member of the Accra campus of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) lost his life in an accident during last Monday’s heavy downpour in Accra.
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Gilbert Ofosu Aproti, who was an Information and Communication Technology (ICT) specialist, was driving a KIA Shuma salon car when he ran into the concrete wall of the Mallam overpass, after losing control of the steering wheel.
He was heading towards Lapaz from Weija when the accident happened.
The car, with registration number GS 929-13, was badly damaged.
Mr Aproti was rescued by a team of police personnel from the Odorkor Divisional Motor Traffic and Transport Department (MTTD) but was pronounced dead on arrival at the Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital.
Odorkor MTTD boss
The Odorkor Divisional MTTD Commander, Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) Abdullai Mumuni, recounted another accident which occurred last Saturday night at the Odorkor traffic lights in which Ghana’s boxing legend, Mr Azumah Nelson, sustained some injuries.
In that accident, he said, a Nissan Almera taxi, with registration number GS 5593-13, ran into a 4x4 Ford Edge, with registration number, GE 9116-11, being driven by Mr Nelson.
MTTD concerns
Mr Mumuni expressed concern about the increasing rate of accidents on the Odorkor-Mallam highway in recent times.
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According to him, 13 lives were lost on the Odorkor-Kwashieman-Kaneshie highways in January and February this year, in a total of 203 accidents recorded.