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A terrific accident at Konongo in the Ashanti Region has claimed the lives of thirteen people with eleven others sustaining severe injuries.
The accident involved an Accra-Kumasi bound bus and a Cargo Truck of which one of the vehicles attempted to overtake the other but unfortunately crashed into the other at the front part and both vehicles fell into a ditch.
The accident is said to have occured last night around 10:45PM.[ads2]
The Konongo MTTD Commander, DSP Paa Yeboah explained that, “the Cargo Truck was coming from the Kumasi direction to Accra and the OA Bus was coming from the Accra direction towards Wa with passengers though the bus wasn’t full. The passengers together with the driver and the mate, there were 26 persons on board.”[ads3]
“There was a truck ahead of the bus and in an attempt to overtake, it crashed into the other at the front part and both vehicles fell into a ditch. 13 people died on the spot and about 11 others injured.”
He said the bodies of the deceased have been removed and photographed for identification by family members…[ads5]
