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Five people have been confirmed dead in an accident in which a Toyota Hilux Pick-Up and a Mercedes Sprinter bus collided head-on on the Obuasi-Dunkwaw road on Saturday evening.
The deceased include the driver in charge of the Pick-Up vehicle identified as Alhaji Mustapha Iddrisu, aged 50-years.[ads2]
Seventeen others who are in critical condition are on admission at the Obuasi Government and Anglogold Ashanti Hospitals where the bodies of the deceased have been deposited.
The Pick-Up vehicle with registration GC 9888-20 was driving from Obuasi direction towards Dunkwa with four persons on board at about 6:40 p.m on Saturday.[ads3]
Ashanti Regional Commander of the Motor, Traffic and Transport Department, Superintendent Emmanuel Adu Boahen tells Nhyira FM the driver , on reaching a section of the road at the outskirts of Adinkra, allegedly attempted to overtake a leading vehicle.
According to him, the vehicle, in the process, veered off his lane to the opposite direction and collided head-on with a Sprinter Benz Bus with registration number AW 6620-13 with 18 passengers onboard.[ads4]
Several victims who are yet to be identified and are in critical condition are receiving medical attention at the two hospitals.
Supt. Adu Boahen has appealed to the general public to assist identify the victims as police mount search for driver in charge of the Mercedes Sprinter Benz Bus.
Meanwhile, the two vehicles involved in the accident have been cleared-off the road to allow free flow of traffic.
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