Bridegroom dies in accident on the eve of wedding

A 27-year-old man who was set to wed Saturday has crashed to death in a motorbike accident at Prestea in the Western Region.

Edmund Mensah was returning from town with his friend, 24-year-old Agya Kwao, when he crashed his bike into his elder brother who was buying food by the roadside.

Edmund and his brother, Daniel Cudjoe, died in the accident while Kwao who was sitting on the back of Edmund’s motorbike, is in critical condition at the Prestea Hospital.

The incident happened at 12:30am Friday around the Prestea Commercial Bank area, the Prestea Hunni Valley Police Commander, Supt. Timothy Dassah confirmed to Connect 97.1FM.

The bodies of the two have been deposited at the Prestea Hospital