Seven die in Huni-Valley train crash

Tarkwa (W/R), May 16, GNA - Seven people were killed and 25 others were injured when two trains collided at Huni-Valley on the Western Rail Line on Thursday.

The dead were three women, including a pregnant woman, two men and twin sisters aged about one-and-a half years old. Their bodies have been deposited at Tarkwa Government Hospital morgue for autopsy.

Those who sustained various degrees of injury were rushed to Government and ABA Hospitals both at Tarkwa and Huni-Valley Health Centre.

Mr Joseph Ernest Yalley, Hunu-Valley Station Master, attributed the collision to lack of communication between Huni-Valley and Kuranteng Stations.

He said one train, loaded with bauxite was heading towards Takoradi while the other was going to Awaso to load bauxite. Mr Yalley said information had been sent to Takoradi and Awaso for cranes to remove the wagons, adding that normal traffic would resume within four days.

Meanwhile, a number of Government functionaries including Mr Anthony Evans Amoah, Western Regional Minister, visited the accident scene on Thursday.