Two ministers console bereaved families

Boamang (Ash), July 7, GNA- MR. Albert Kan- Dapaah, Minister of Defence and Mr. Emmanuel Asamoah Owusu-Ansah, Ashanti Regional Minister, on Sunday paid a working visit to Amoako near Offinso in the Ashanti Region.

They were there to assess and have a first hand information on the accident in which 16 people, perished when the 207 bus, on which they were travelling from Tetrem to Kumasi ran into a taxi cab at Amoako in the Afigya-Kwabre District in the Ashanti Region on Sunday morning. The Ministers were accompanied by a delegation from the Ashanti Regional Police Command, Ghana National Fire Service and National Disaster Management Organization.

After visiting the scene of the incident, they held a meeting with the chiefs and people of Amoako, Boamang and Tetrem, as well as the Offinso Divisional Police Command who were investigating the accident. . They also visited the seven surviving victims of the accident at the Saint Patrick's Hospital at Maase in the Offinso Municipality and the bereaved families of the perished.

Mr. Kan-Dapaah, who is also the Member of Parliament for Afigya-Sekyere, commended those who rescued the accident victims. He cautioned against apportioning blame in the wake of the accident, saying "we should allow the police to conduct their investigations as to the cause of the accident".

Mr. Owusu-Ansah said that the Ashanti Regional Co-ordinating Council would support the surviving victims and bereaved families with incentives to enhance their up-keep and cautioned drivers as well as passengers to be cautious on the road.