Ten killed, 14 injured at Gomoa Mprumaim

Apam (C/R) Nov. 21 GNA- Ten people died on the spot and about 14 others sustained various degrees of injuries when a taxi cab and a Benz bus crushed into nearby bushes at Gomoa Mprumaim near Apam Junction on Saturday. A spokesman for the Apam Police told the Ghana News Agency on Saturday that the two vehicles which were at opposite ends in an attempt to avoid a head-on collision, skidded off the road crushing into trees and bushes along the road.

The spokesman said the driver of the taxi whose name was not mention run into a group of vegetable sellers along the road at Mprumaim, killing five of them before hitting a tree which also led to the death the five passengers on board.

According to the police, the bus also run into a nearby tree before somersaulting three times. The police said none of the victims have been identified. He said seven of the injured persons who were rushed to the Apam government hospital have been referred either the Central Regional Hospital in Cape Coast or Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital due to the nature of their injuries.

The corpses have been deposited at the Winneba Government hospital and the Apam Catholic hospital mortuaries while police investigations continue. 21 Nov. 09