5 Dead In Gory Accident On The Accra-Kumasi Highway

Five 5 persons have died while five others are seriously injured in a fatal accident on Accra to Kumasi Highway. The accident occurred at about 4 am on July 7, 2021 at Omenako near the Suhum stretch of the highway when a Hyundai H100 mini bus with registration number ER 1335 - Z with passengers onboard crashed with a Man
Desiel Trailer truck with registration number GN 688-20 carting crates of Guinness alcoholic beverages. The driver of Hyundai H100 mini bus was speeding from Nkawkaw towards Accra direction but on reaching a section of the road at Omenako, wrongfully overtook a vehicle ahead and in the process crashed with the Man
Diesel trailer truck loaded with unspecified quantities of Guinness crates from Accra direction driven by Adam Musah, 46. Four passengers onboard the Hyundai H100 bus all died on the spot including the driver whiles five others also onboard the same Hyundai bus sustained injuries and were all rushed to the Suhum Government
Hospital and also admitted for treatment and while on admission, one more died increasing the death toll to five comprising 3 females and 2 males. The accident vehicle has since been towed from the road. According to the acting PR officer of the Eastern Regional Police Command, DSP Ebenezer Tetteh, further investigation is underway.