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Driver jailed for driving under the influence of alcohol

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  • sbrooks 11 years ago

    Excellent example of people reacting in order to save the lives of others. There is no limit on the number of human beings he could have killed if not stopped as he was. Kudos to the people of that bus who acted to save the l ...
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  • TerribLY Spe Cific 11 years ago

    I am Terribly Specific and I always come here to cause confusion. I am fool papa. Every day I no go to work, I go to the cafe and commented foolish on ghanaweb

  • roy,usa 11 years ago

    was he drunk before leaving the station or he stopped on the road for the drink. And why would the police sent him home to come the next day. Thank God he did not kill anybody. please GPRTU or motor union do your job well bec ...
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  • OSLO 11 years ago

    AS IT IS NOT GOOD TO DRINK BEFORE OR WHILE DRIVING, THE MTTU MUST HAVE ON THE SPOT TESTING DEVICES TO TEST THE DRIVERS ON ALCOHOLISM. NOT TO WAIT UNTIL THE FOLLOWING DAY BEFORE SOMEONE COMES WITH A TESTING DEVICE TO MAKE THE ...
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  • Mr Big stuff 11 years ago

    what about the police officers who take bribes from the drivers. are they going to be jail as well? halla!

  • mimi 11 years ago

    Advice yourself Terribly Specific

  • Brukutu 11 years ago

    Thank God the police did not take bribe this time making it a foolish case. Had it been the police who arrested him it would have been a different thing. Shame on you Ghana Police

  • Ken Mensah 11 years ago

    "According to the Prosecutor, when the breath of the convict was checked the following day it recorded 100 per cent instead of 0.08 per cent".

    HOW DO YOU CHECK HIS BREATH THE NEXT DAY??? WHERE ON EARTH DO YOU DO THAT BUT G ...
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  • EG 11 years ago

    HE SHOULD'VE TAKE A LAWYER,SAYING THAT HE TOOK THE DRINK THAT VERY MORNING.ALL ALCOHOL CASES ARE CHECK AT THE SPOT,THERE THEY WILL KNOW THE ALCOHOL LEVEL.NEVER MIND THEY DONT KNOW THEIR WORK.WHO TO BLAME?

  • AMON KOTEI 11 years ago

    DOES IT MEAN THAT HE WAS SOO DRUNK HE COULDNT EVEN RESIST THE KEY BEING TAKEN FROM HIM?NO WONDER THERE IS SOO MUCH CARNAGE ON OUR ROADS.

  • habib mohammed tijani from german 11 years ago

    driver why?

  • eddie of adenta 11 years ago

    THE COURT GAVE HIM A 1 MONTH SENTENCE. ITS A JOKE IN OUR JUSTICE SYSTEM. HE COULD HAVE KILLED SO MANY PEOPLE. COMPARE THAT TO 2 YEARS FOR STEALING A GOAT. LETS GET SERIOUS.

  • Kman 11 years ago

    I wonder how many drunking fools wander about each weekend in their expensive cars

  • John 11 years ago

    Police officers driving their bosses run to bars and take "quater piece," chew gum as they jump onto the steering wheel! You have the gut to prosecute others? Wonders!

  • akonoba 11 years ago

    that is a good example for all to know about drunk driving, which is becoming worse and worse in our social lifes.And should be extended to all.

  • wofa kokoor 11 years ago

    Such sentences are jokes. He risks the lives of so many people and he is given 30days. nonsense

  • oga yum yum 11 years ago

    it is rather unfortunate that a driver of a passenger bus would stop his bus full of passengers to drink ogogoro or apio in full glare of the passengers.

    and what is irritating is that the passengers would sit in the bus l ...
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  • Kpeblo 11 years ago

    It is only in gh my mother land that alcohol breath test is done a day after. What a shame, the government can not even take care of those already in prison and look at what they are doing. What happened to warning and if we ...
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  • schroder 11 years ago

    if it was in germany his lincense will be seized for one year and also fund him accordinly

  • Owura Wiafe Akenten 11 years ago

    keep the good job up. well done to everyone.

  • Candyboy 11 years ago

    we thank God that all the passengers on board are alive. We done police.

  • Natural Mystic 11 years ago

    You mean the police did not check his alcohol level the very first day? On what basis was he prosecuted?

  • Goza Go Toro 11 years ago

    'According to the Prosecutor, when the breath of the convict was checked the following day it recorded 100 per cent instead of 0.08 per cent'.

    The statement as reported above makes no sense. This reported is an apology, he ...
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  • BLACK-STAR-STATE 11 years ago

    WAS THE DRUNK DRIVER TAKEN TO MEDICAL
    CENTER FOR EXAMINATIONS,?OR THE POLICE
    DID IT BY THEIRSELVES,BY JUST BEATHING
    OF THE SCENT OF THE ALCOHOL

  • mimi 11 years ago

    I think 30 days is too small 90 days will be ok to teach the rest lesson one of them nearly killed us on Nungua road he was sleeping they said.

  • ogra 11 years ago

    WHY GO HOME AND COME NEXT DAY. THIS IS LAUGHABLE!!!!