Volta: Three dead, seventeen rescued after fatal crash at Woadze near Kpeve
Personnel of the Ghana National Fire Service at the Peki Fire Station rescued seventeen victims involved in a fatal road traffic accident at Woadze near Kpeve along the Kpeve–Asikuma road in the Volta Region on May 22.
The victims were trapped in a Mercedes-Benz bus with registration number GR 8231 C, which was travelling from Abotuase to Ningo in the Greater Accra Region.
Casualties
The vehicle was carrying 20 passengers made up of eleven males, five females, and four children. The rescue team successfully extricated thirteen adults and four children from the wreckage.
Three adults, two males and one female, lost their lives in the incident.
Post-crash response
Personnel from the Ghana Police Service, Kpando Divisional Command, together with the Ghana Ambulance Service from Afadjato and Juapong, conveyed the injured and the deceased to the Kpando Government Hospital and Peki Government Hospital for treatment, preservation, and further investigations.
The cause of the accident is under investigation. The GNFS continues to urge motorists to observe road safety regulations and avoid excessive speeding.
