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Driver of Accident that whiped-out 34 lives at Dompoase on the Cape Coast-Takoradi Highway has been sentenced to a year jail term by the Cape Coast Circuit Court.
Reader will recall that the incident happened in January 2020.
On Monday, June 8, 2020, the Cape Coast Circuit Court sentenced the Driver, Mark Mireku who is 45 years old to a year jail term after being found guilty on 34 counts of dangerous anf reckless driving.
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Mireku might serve additional 12 years in prison on 18 counts of negligent and causing harm if not able to pay GH¢17,280.00. He was also banned from operating as a commercial driver for life.
The Driver, Mark Mireku was driving a Hyundai bus with registration number GN 3780-10 on January 14, 2020 when in an attempt to over-take another vehicle collided with a Man Diesel bus with registration number GR 5704-18.
The accident claimed 34 lives, while 54 others suffered serious injuries. The deceased included 20 male adults, 11 female adults and three children, made up of two females and a male.
Source : Graphic online
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