Mamfe Akuapem, March 25, GNA - Fourteen people mostly traders died on the spot when a 33-seater Mercedes Benz bus on which they were travelling crashed into a Ford pick-up being driven by a medical practitioner at Tsotsoo village near Mamfe Akuapem on Tuesday morning. Twenty two others whose conditions were serious were rushed to Tetteh Quarshie Memorial Hospital, Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital and Saint Joseph Hospital in Koforidua for medical attention.
The deceased yet to be identified were eight women and six men travelling from Kordiabe in the Dangbe West District to Suhum. The corpses have been deposited at Tetteh Quarshie Memorial Hospital at Mampong Akuapem for autopsy.
Akropong Divisional Police Commander, Assistant Commissioner of Police Addae Acheampong told GNA that both vehicles were travelling in the same direction.
He said when John Nartey, driver of the bus was descending the Mamfe hills, the clutch failed and the bus hit the back of the Ford that was ahead.
ACP Acheampong said the vehicles veered off the road into ditch during which the bus somersaulted ripping off its roof. He said the medical practitioner the only person on board the Ford and Mr Nartey, were among the injured. ACP Acheampong said the police were investigating the accident.
