Motor accident on Mallam-Kasoa road caused six hour delay
An accident involving an articulated fuel tanker and four saloon cars at Broadcasting Junction (near the Kasoa tollbooth), Tuesday, resulted in a static vehicular traffic on the Mallam-Kasoa road for several hours.
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The accident occurred after the driver of one of the saloon cars made an unauthorised entry into the main Kasoa road.
Unknown to the driver of the saloon car, an articulated fuel tanker was also speeding towards its direction.
In an attempt to avoid a direct collision with the saloon car, the driver of the fuel tanker ran into three other cars on his side of the road.
The three cars were pushed into the nearby bush, close to the Weija River, and the tanker fell over the entire stretch of the road.
Five people, including the driver of the fuel tanker, sustained several wounds and were rushed to the Mile Seven Hospital for treatment.
Vehicular traffic
The situation was compounded by a heap of sand that was washed from the degraded mountain adjacent the Densu River onto some portions of the Kasoa- Broadcasting Junction road by the rains on Monday night.
Residents and commuters from Kasoa and its environs, therefore, spent many hours in their bid to leave for work and school, among other ventures.
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Many of the residents, some of whom had set off as early as 5 a.m., were compelled to either go back home or walk to another location where they could easily board vehicles.
Some private vehicle owners also had to stay in the traffic for about six hours before they could finally continue their journey.
It took the police personnel about seven hours to restore order and clear the chaotic situation created by the traffic, which stretched from Mallam Junction to the Kasoa old market.
Vehicles from both ends of the two regions were temporarily stopped to enable the police to clear the fuel tanker and the other vehicles involved in the accident from the road.
In order to stop a potential explosion from the fuel tanker, the personnel from the Ghana Fire Service had to wash away some of the fuel which had been spilt on the road.
Indiscipline
The traffic situation was so intense that some drivers, especially the commercial drivers and “okada” riders, took the law into their hands and drove or rode on the opposite side of the road, facing oncoming vehicles from Accra.
In the midst of the vehicular struggle and confusion, some motorists resorted to driving on the opposite side of the road.
Some travelers who could not withstand the situation had to alight from the vehicles and make the journey on foot.
View some photos of the incident below
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