Deadly Accident: What Salifu Amoako's son told 'car caretaker' before going on a 'joyride'

The Founder and Leader of Heaven Gate Ministries, Prophet Nicholas Osei (Kumchacha), has shared details of the circumstances under which a minor came into possession of one of the two cars involved in a fatal crash at East Legon over the weekend.

According to Kumchacha, the 16-year-old son of the Founder and Leader of Alive Chapel, Bishop Salifu Amoako, was the one driving a Jaguar saloon car that crashed into an Acura saloon car and burst into flames, killing two of the occupants in the Acura.

Following questions arising in the aftermath of the accident, Kumchacha, in an interview on Okay FM on Monday, October 14, 2024, shared insights on how the Jaguar came into the possession of the 16-year-old.

“The family was at the birthday of the boy’s senior brother where his mother’s car was also parked with the key handed to her maid. Our nephew, according to the report, went for the key after saying he was going to change his shirt, so they all knew he was changing his shirt. Neither his mother nor father was aware that he had moved the car, and the next thing they heard was that he had been involved in an accident,” he said.

CCTV footage from the crash on Saturday, October 12, 2024, showed how the accident led to the deaths of two women and left three others critically injured.

The footage shared online showed a speeding vehicle on a main road approaching a junction, where it crashes into another vehicle ahead of it.

Three others, including the drivers of the Jaguar and the Acura vehicle, are also reported to have sustained various degrees of injuries and are battling for their lives.

Assistant Division Officer (ADO) Alex King Nartey from the Public Affairs Department of the Ghana National Fire Service (GNFS) confirmed the incident in an interview on Adom FM.

ADO Nartey said the deceased were in the Acura vehicle.

According to him, preliminary investigations have established that the accident was due to over-speeding.

ADO Nartey further revealed that one of the vehicles crashed into a wooden electric pole, causing the cables to fall off, which reportedly started the fire.

Prophet Kumchacha has confirmed that Bishop Salifu Amoako's son was the driver involved in the East Legon accident.#UTVGhana pic.twitter.com/fnik8w4URx

— UTV Ghana (@utvghana) October 14, 2024