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Two Presidential Guards Die In Accident

Mon, 4 Feb 2002 Source:  

Two security men in the President’s convoy were killed when they were thrown out of their vehicle after it hit a big pothole on the Aflao-Tema road, bursting a tyre and killing them shortly afterwards from head injuries they sustained.
The President, who was two or three vehicles ahead of the accident vehicle, was said to be shaken by the incident but returned safely to Accra where he commiserated with the small number of security detail at his residence. They were returning from a well-attended durbar at a village in the Volta Region.
Ms Elizabeth Ohene, Minister of State at the Presidency, was too down to give much details when contacted by the Chronicle at noon on Sunday. Her vehicle was following directly behind the car involved in the accident. “I believe a statement would be issued and the full facts made known…I’m not sure I can say much,” she muttered heavily, obviously traumatized by the incident, the second tragedy inside one year which has cost the life of a security officer.
Names of the deceased were not immediately known, but is said to include one Morrison, an experienced security officer. Both men suffered serious head injuries when they were flung out of the vehicle on impact and were taken to the Tema General and 37 Military hospitals.
Policemen at the President’s house and friends of the dead were distraught when the news broke out. President Kufuor himself was deeply pained as he shared his experiences with his close friends on Sunday, it was gathered.
It would be recalled that Chronicle last year reported on complaints by security personnel on the acute shortage of good vehicles in the pool, a significant number having been commandeered by the ex-President - over 20 - and drawing fuel from the state in full view of security personnel, frozen into inaction by the sound and fury of former apparatchiks of the NDC government.
The vehicle involved in the accident was yet to be declared mechanically sound, as it had just returned from the workshop after days of repairs.
Currently, ex-President Rawlings still keeps more than 14 vehicles and National Security still has problems with vehicles, not only in numbers but even in quality. On Sunday, Rawlings was seen driving off from M-Plaza in a powerful exclusive Toyota Coupe, the only marque in Accra with a gleening VW Passat in tow packed with security personnel.


Two security men in the President’s convoy were killed when they were thrown out of their vehicle after it hit a big pothole on the Aflao-Tema road, bursting a tyre and killing them shortly afterwards from head injuries they sustained.
The President, who was two or three vehicles ahead of the accident vehicle, was said to be shaken by the incident but returned safely to Accra where he commiserated with the small number of security detail at his residence. They were returning from a well-attended durbar at a village in the Volta Region.
Ms Elizabeth Ohene, Minister of State at the Presidency, was too down to give much details when contacted by the Chronicle at noon on Sunday. Her vehicle was following directly behind the car involved in the accident. “I believe a statement would be issued and the full facts made known…I’m not sure I can say much,” she muttered heavily, obviously traumatized by the incident, the second tragedy inside one year which has cost the life of a security officer.
Names of the deceased were not immediately known, but is said to include one Morrison, an experienced security officer. Both men suffered serious head injuries when they were flung out of the vehicle on impact and were taken to the Tema General and 37 Military hospitals.
Policemen at the President’s house and friends of the dead were distraught when the news broke out. President Kufuor himself was deeply pained as he shared his experiences with his close friends on Sunday, it was gathered.
It would be recalled that Chronicle last year reported on complaints by security personnel on the acute shortage of good vehicles in the pool, a significant number having been commandeered by the ex-President - over 20 - and drawing fuel from the state in full view of security personnel, frozen into inaction by the sound and fury of former apparatchiks of the NDC government.
The vehicle involved in the accident was yet to be declared mechanically sound, as it had just returned from the workshop after days of repairs.
Currently, ex-President Rawlings still keeps more than 14 vehicles and National Security still has problems with vehicles, not only in numbers but even in quality. On Sunday, Rawlings was seen driving off from M-Plaza in a powerful exclusive Toyota Coupe, the only marque in Accra with a gleening VW Passat in tow packed with security personnel.


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