MP in fatal crash

The National Democratic Congress (NDC) Member of Parliament (MP) for Amenfi West in the Western Region, Hon. John Gyetuah, was involved in a fatal accident in the early hours of Friday, August 1, 2008.

The accident, which occurred between Kyekyewere and Nsuaem on the Takoradi-Tarkwa road, claimed the life of the MP’s driver.

According to John Ankomah, an eyewitness, the MP was traveling from Accra to his constituency in his Toyota Land Cruiser with registration number GE 6772 W and was led by a Mitsubishi pick-up with registration number GT 948 H that belonged to him.

He said on reaching Kyekyewere at about 3:30 am, the driver of a Benz cargo truck carrying loads of plantain and moving in the opposite direction, lost control of the steering wheel and veered off his lane into that of the MP’s Land Cruiser.

The driver of the Mitsubishi pick-up in front of the MP’s vehicle managed to get out of the way, but it was too late for the MP’s driver to do same, crashing the Land Cruiser into the cargo truck.

The driver of the MP, whose name was not immediately known, died on the spot and Hon. Gyetuah who sustained serious injury along with other passengers in the cargo truck, was rushed to the Dixcove Hospital in the Ahanta West District for treatment.

When DAILY GUIDE got to the scene at about 7.00am on Friday, a number of youth from both Nsuaem and Kyekyewere were seen helping to convey the injured to the hospital while others protected items that belonged to the accident victims.