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'We were 31 people but only 10 of us got out while the rest burnt' - STC driver speaks

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  • Debi 1 month ago

    Write your comment - oh what a said problem

  • TWEAA DC 1 month ago

    WAIT...MAHAMA'S ACCRA - KUMASI EXPRESS WAY WILL BE COMPLETED VERY SOON...TWEAA

  • Monkey see, Monkey do 1 month ago

    Ghana is a backwards nation filled with dumb leaders. Leave all road construction to the regional ministers and their regional govt..let them deal with the contacts and finances concerning road construction. Why can't the reg ...
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  • Blue Pen 1 month ago

    Eeeii Mr Monkey, is everything okay deɛ? You sound like you are bringing new philosophy from Monkey Suazo (Monkey Town). You mean, central government should handle major projects such as rail tracks across the country but no ...
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  • Nolan. 1 month ago

    The moment you mention this road, Mahama the idiot and his party, the NDC, ask you what did you do for the past eight years. Is anyone here in the NDC or the NPP? Frankly, the NDC is trying to convince Ghanaians that Ghana be ...
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  • Blaze Word Assem. 1 month ago

    May those who lost their lives in this tragic accident find peace in the afterlife, may the Lord God JEHOVAH heal all grieving hearts.

  • 38% 1 month ago

    Isn't it amazing how you keep trying to hide from your own shadow ? Ogua bronyi .

  • Ahunahuna Demonstration 1 month ago

    You type finish? Animal

  • Talk Is Cheap 1 month ago

    Ghanaians have to go for driving course again our driving on the road is bad

  • Blue Pen 1 month ago

    Eeeii Ghana. Everything is politicized. Even such a tragedy is politicized. What breed of creatures are Ghanaians koraaa?


    By the way, the Fire Service PR has disputed this gentleman's account. He says they (the Fire Serv ...
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  • Dennis K. 1 month ago

    What should we talk about, isn't the polticians ruling the country. How can a government concentrate on building markets when bad roads are killing the people.

  • Blue Pen 1 month ago

    @Dennis, reason like an adult human being. Why are some NPP followers so painfully idiotic? Politicians are ruling the country so every disaster and every thing has to be the fault of politicians and a political issue. Are yo ...
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  • Konnect 1 month ago

    You and Dennis, who isn't intelligent, engage in intellectual discussions and stop flooding the website with your childish behavior.

  • Talk Is Cheap 1 month ago

    All Ghanaian drivers has to go to driving school again our driving on the road is bad

  • Bosco 1 month ago

    There is so much accidents in Africa especially Ghana because of the lawlessness and corruption in the country. DVLA takes bribe and gives license to people freely, police takes bribe and allow careless, overtaking and overlo ...
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  • Our roads are death traps 1 month ago

    I agree with you. What about the condition of our roads? The solution is simple dualize our highways. It's too dangerous to drive on our roads.

  • sotrue 1 month ago

    STC the safest means of transportation ??? the careless overtaking on the highway is too much . innocent lives lost . God help us

  • Nana 1 month ago

    God will never forgive John mahama and his qnet government!

  • Ike 1 month ago

    Nana wuni twasidi wa'te

  • NMG 1 month ago

    GOD WILL NEVER FORGIVE ALL POLITICIANS PERIOD NOT JUST MAHAMA THEY ARE ALL THE SAME

  • HMMM GHANAAA!!!CARELESS/RECKLESS DRIVING 1 month ago

    HMMM GHANAAA!!!THIS IS NOT ABOUT BAD ROADS BUT CARELESS AND RECKLESS DRIVING.EVERY DRIVER ON THE ROAD IS IN A RUSH DOING HIGH RISK OVERTAKING!!!

  • Samurai 1 month ago

    ....as if they get a bonus for overtaking every vehicle in front of them.

  • Ndc thieves 1 month ago

    GOD WILL PUNISH JOHN MAHAMA AND NDC .GOD WILL DEAL WITH YOU PEOPLE. BECAUSE OF YOUR NCHOBO MONEY YOU DECIDE TO IGNORE THE NPP AKUFFO ADDO ACCRA TO KUMASI BY PASS .THOSE WHO LOST THEIR LIFES WILL NEVER FORGIVE YOU THIEVES

  • Joe 1 month ago

    What must God do to Nana Addo and NPP for diverting and pilfering the 700 million Dollars that they were supposed to use to complete the Kumasi -açcra road? Wake up people and see things for what they really are. Both the n ...
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  • NDC fo) de3 mo agyimi too much 1 month ago

    What $700m. You sit down and dream shit, talk shit and eat shit. Fool

  • Kwaku 1 month ago

    I left Ghana when I was 13, I am now 31 and you telling me the road that connects our 2 biggest cities is still under construction smh. What sort of backwards country is this. God save us all and God keep the souls of our los ...
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  • TWEAA DC 1 month ago

    THEY EVEN PRIOTISE BUILDING MARKETS OVER CONSTRUCTING RAILWAYS...AND THEY ARE PULLING DOWN SCHOOLS TO GIVE WAY TO MARKETS...TWEAA.

  • elton 1 month ago

    @ TWEA DC! How much million dollar was pumped into digging the most expensive hole in the world in the name of a cathedral?

  • KB2 1 month ago

    How much will it cost to build a good railway between Accra and Kumasi , All we know is to buy land cruisers for people. Iam so sad about the future of this country.Others are now building high speed trains but cannot still m ...
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  • Dramani Mahama 1 month ago

    PLEASE CALL JOHN DRAMANI MAHAMATO COMMENT ON THIS, HE SHOULD TELL GHANAIANS WHY SHOULD THIS HAPPEN

  • JANKROMAH 1 month ago

    @Dramani Mahama
    WABODAM
    What has Dramani Mahama got to do with this?
    Your Akuffo Addo ruled for EIGHT SOLID YEARS.......he is the one you should call.

  • Are we animals? 1 month ago

    So you are telling this government is building a new expressway which will take about 5 years to complete instead of completing the remaining 20% of the Kumasi- Accra highway? When we know the next government will stop the pr ...
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  • Soilder 1 month ago

    Our independence, was the biggest mistake..very very true..the blacks can hardly manage themselves. Very self centred, all they know is religion but are the baddest and....liars, wicked people....

    Things will not work, the ...
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  • JANKROMAH 1 month ago

    @Are we animals?
    TYPICAL NPP ASANTENI....can't think outside the kokonut. Aren't you surprised and grateful that a non-ASANTENI is building such lovely project whilst your NPP .....after EIGHT YEARS couldn't even complete on ...
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  • fii 1 month ago

    u who think inside the kokonut can help some of us to know if asanteni was the president before ur concert current president who priotise already existing markets over school n hospital?

  • Bombaata 1 month ago

    Oh God! My people lack wisdom on the road. May the lost souls rest in peace!

  • Ghabay NY. 1 month ago

    Feeii Ghana,calamities upon calamities. What the hell is going on?Everything is basaa, why?NDC why?

  • JANKROMAH 1 month ago

    BURN THIS DRIVER!
    That he was the one that got the people into this mess...and ESCAPED UNHURT!
    Coward. He should have been the last to leave the bus.......These drivers have been sacrificing lives for too long....without pu ...
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  • Akajatayogogo 1 month ago

    For 8 years doing dual carriage road you could not do, and you're telling someone with 1 1/2 year to complete it. NPP Kwasiafuo

  • Yao 1 month ago

    There us no sensible reason not to try and complete the current highway. Everything is about politics for foolish Ghanaians. I cannot live permanently in Ghana !!!

  • On your mIark 1 month ago

    Akajata, use your coconut head small, ndc has ruled ghana more than 30yrs you idiot.

  • fii 1 month ago

    u talk as if ndc has never ruled Ghana before. use ur mind

  • Kofi123 1 month ago

    May their souls rest in peace. I think the families of the 21 parished should sue STC for a 5 billion compensation. This the only way givernment transport services like STC will put the lives of Ghanaians above all other oper ...
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  • Monkey see, Monkey do 1 month ago

    How did this accident occur. I was in Ghana earlier this year people drive like maniacs..no one follows any road signs, street lights don't work amd the roads are terrible so expect to see more deaths like this. People don't ...
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  • Prayer 1 month ago

    May the souls of the departed rest in perfect ✌️ We need dual carriages in our major highways speedily

  • Joe 1 month ago

    This was 100 preventable. This wasn't an accident - it was vehicles crashing into each other due to lack of patience, keeping ample driving distance between two vehicles, road harassment, driver indifference, driver insanity ...
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  • Sammy Gyimifo 1 month ago

    MAHAMMAH HAS SACRIFICED THE NATION TO WIN POWER -PERIOD
    COUNT THE HAPPENINGS SINCE HE CAME TO OFFICE

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  • Andrew - Shameless Country! 1 month ago

    These fools were out crying when ministers died but hundreds of Ghanaians die each year on this roads that has been under construction for decades yet nothing has been done. How many more lives do we have to lose? why cant we ...
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  • King 1 month ago

    Hmmmm... So sad may their soul rest in peace. Eiiii gh

  • KS 1 month ago

    Road Accidents in Ghana has claimed a lot of innocent lives . This has been happening since time immemorial yet our government has no clue about what to do to minimize the road accidents. Where traffic laws have to be enforce ...
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  • Ike 1 month ago

    I suggested similar solution when a certain occured as yours but no body heard me, heavy duty vehicles should have their own time to operate say 11: 00am to 3:00pm by that time workers will have reached their work place and p ...
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  • Twe 1 month ago

    SOMEONE FOOLISHLY IS PROPOSING FUEL TANKERS RUN IN THE NIGHTS AS PART OF THE 24 HOUR ECONOMY , THE NPP COULD NOT FINISH THE ACCRA -KUMASI HWY FOR EIGHT YEARS SO THE NDC SHOULD START ITS OWN NEW PROJECT. ARE WE SERIOUS AS A ...
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  • Pelicles 1 month ago

    Why are some of us too emotional? The question we should ask is, how many vehicles plied that particular spot that day without any accident but. Most accident on our roads are "Human error" because a stupid driver will drive ...
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  • Kofi123 1 month ago

    You are a narcissist. If your family member or breadwinner got burnt in this accident will you say people are emotional?
    May three of your family members die in horrific accidents in the next three months to teach you emphat ...
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  • Kofi123 1 month ago

    You are a narcissist. If your family member or breadwinner got burnt in this accident will you say people are emotional?
    May three of your family members die in horrific accidents in the next three months to teach you emphat ...
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  • Pelicles 1 month ago

    Is this the first accident you have seen or heard of?

  • Sick leaders!! 1 month ago

    Both parties come and loot whiles important projects stalls!! Tax payers are dying but they still don't care!!!

  • Jimmy Kwaateng 1 month ago

    When thieves are at the helm of affairs, security as related to safe transportation system is relegated to the background. Monies meant for such developments are openly stolen by politicians. Surprisingly and interestingly ho ...
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  • Maame Abenah 1 month ago

    How long, and how many must die before the N6 receives attention from the government of Ghana? A nation's Transportation systems are of neccessity. Ghana lacks rail system and our roads are nothing to write home about. Presid ...
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  • NANA TRUMU TRUMU ADDO 1 month ago

    WE NEED A DUAL CARRIAGE ROAD

  • NANA TRUMU TRUMU ADDO 1 month ago

    MAAME ABENAA, YOUR PARTY NPP WAS IN POWER FOR 8 SOLID YEARS AND COULD NOT COMPLETE THIS KUMASI- ACCRA ROAD. THEY COULD NOT EVEN COMPLETE SUAME INTERCHANGE YET THEY GOT MONEY TO BUY A BIG STONE FOR A 95 MILLION DOLLARS CATHEDR ...
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  • Free Radical 1 month ago

    Our president John Dramani Mahama will soon invite his partners the false prophets and priests and pastors for second round of thanksgiving and prayer celebrations services for the lost souls.

  • Yaw Manu 1 month ago

    Since I was a kid to the present, I am always scared to death whenever I am on that road which constantly claim the lives of my people.

  • Nii 1 month ago

    this driver should have kept quiet for an official statement to be released by the STC

  • FIELD MARSHALL 1 month ago

    THE DRIVER SHOULD BE ARRESTED FOR CAUSING FEAR AND PANIC ... SO SO LIES

  • Sam Fante warriort 1 month ago

    Who Ghana why always innocent souls have to be perish just for traveling. Everyday accident is killing a lot of Ghanaians but the police don't care. So who care for Ghanaians. Very sad. May their souls rest in peace.

  • Sam Fante warriort 1 month ago

    Who Ghana why always innocent souls have to be perish just for traveling. Everyday accident is killing a lot of Ghanaians but the police don't care. So who care for Ghanaians. Very sad. May their souls rest in peace.

  • Kofi 1 month ago

    Its one of the saddest things of our development.None of our past governments could construct the barest minimum a double lane road on both sides from accra to Kumasi and from accra to Takoradi. Even after our debts were canc ...
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  • Concern Citizen 1 month ago

    Innocent lifes are been perished due to indicipline and bad roads while our leaders are thinking about how to win the next election.The youth must wake up otherwise there is no future for them.

  • Concern Citizen 1 month ago

    Innocent lifes are been perished due to indicipline and bad roads while our leaders are thinking about how to win the next election.The youth must wake up otherwise there is no future for them.

  • Kweku 1 month ago

    When is this carnage going to stop on our roads? Do we really need expressway at this time, when Accra Kumasi highway is not safe for travellers?

  • Papasi 1 month ago

    JOHN MAHAMA IS A HUGE CURSE ON GHANA.

  • Aconitase 1 month ago

    Heavenly father please curse all our leaders both past and present under whose watch innocent and able Ghanaians continue to die AVOIDABLE deaths on the Accra Kumasi highway.
    I'm not in Ghana at the moment but monitors even ...
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  • KB 1 month ago

    It's NPP/NDC Sole sourcing and dubious procurement arrangements. This is the only reason why successive governments will abandon projects started by their predecessors and award new contracts for similar projects. Not too sur ...
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  • Garuba 1 month ago

    This unfortunate situations are entirely man made and avoidable. It cannot be blamed on bad roads and so on. Ghanaian drivers drive like animals and these drivers are actually animals. Only animals behave this way and the gov ...
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  • BLACK MOSES (USA) 1 month ago

    HMM TO BE HONEST A DEMONIC RITUAL IS COMPLETED AMD SOMEBODY HAS BECOME POWERFUL AND RICH OVERNIGHT. THESE ARE SOME OF THE REASONS WHY OUR LEADERS DONT WANT OUR ROADS TO BE WELL PLANNED AND CONSTRUCTED

  • Forlifive 1 month ago

    The way these buses are built, I don't like it mostly with one scape way or door. Also with small spaces for movement and sometimes the walk ways are packed with other items that one cannot scape in times of tragedy like t ...
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  • Kojo 1 month ago

    The drivers needs more traning expercialy rhe V.I.P

  • Susubiribi 1 month ago

    Very Very sad

  • START JAILING PEOPLE FOR NEGLIGENCE 1 month ago

    When the cuprits go to jail, this recklessness will stop.

  • Son of sons 1 month ago

    I think the road and highway minister and transport minister if there are any in Ghana should resign with immediate effect due to all the accidents happening on our roads. This is becoming like a normal thing now but it is no ...
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  • Mr no nonsense 1 month ago

    Insted of this useless goverment to tackle the Accra, kumasi road,they are thinking of building some express road,twiaaa

  • Peter 1 month ago

    Sad but bad overtakens is the norm

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  • Bakogone Tiblisi Honest VIEWS undualized intercity roads 1 month ago

    No dual carriage between major towns and cities means head on collision.
    This is what to government is indirectly telling everyone.

    This accidents should be blamed on government.

  • Most Ghanaian Drivers Are Simply Useless. 1 month ago

    It's open knowledge that most Ghanaians drivers become fools when they get on the roads. Wrong and dangerous overtaking, over speeding, driving on the wrong lane and general indiscipline coupled with bad roads are normal on o ...
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  • St. John Rivers 1 month ago

    It is more human error than anything else. I am sad to admit that some Ghanaians have been to school but are not educated or refined in their minds regarding virtues like kindness, empathy, thoughtfulness, treating others wit ...
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  • GH Patriotic 1 month ago

    People do not know the circumstances of the accident and are here writing nonsense and insulting leaders. If a driver carelessly overtake another vehicle and gets involved in an accident, is it the president's doings or any l ...
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  • Andrew 1 month ago

    It is time now we invested in rail transportation system to reduce number of cars on our road. The express way should have a land for this big trucks and fuel tankers to avoid colliding with cars through overtaken as witness ...
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  • TAN 1 month ago

    RIP to the lost souls. Make 2 drivers mandatory for such trips. Tiredness kills. Carelessness kills, drug driving kills. For Christ’s sake, pleaseeeeee

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  • Kweku 1 month ago

    Jesusssssss.

  • Musa 1 month ago

    We need to take a look at the sobriety of heavy duty drivers in this country. Most of them are not fit for purpose.

  • Rented brain of jdm 1 month ago

    Such has happened but they only care of their eight appointees who got burned, same as over 30 people died in Accra flooding and still they never cared. Rev Owusu bempa said it but the useless fools didn't listen.
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