Two Motorbike riders have died in two separate fatal accidents at Anyinam in the Eastern Region. The accidents occurred Monday, January 13, 2020.
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Bodies of the deceased persons have been deposited at the morgue while the seriously injured pillion passenger has been hospitalized.
The first accident occurred when the speeding rider crashed into a parked articulator truck. The Rider died instantly but the passenger survived though with a serious injury.
The second accident occurred a few hours later at Ankaase, a community near Anyinam where a hit and run driver in a Charge of a Bus crushed to death, one Yaw Twumasi, who was riding a motorbike.
There is an increase in motorcycle accidents in Ghana as a result of the rise in the use of motorbikes for commercial transport despite being illegal.
Statistics indicate that, from January to October 2019, Ghana recorded 589 deaths through motorcycle accidents.
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Mr David Osafo Adonteng, the Director, Planning and Programme, National Road Safety Commission, said the figures had been increasing since 2010, which recorded 310 deaths.
