9 dead, 15 injured on Walewale road

At least nine people have been confirmed dead with 15 others sustaining injuries in a gory accident which occurred on the Tamale-Bolga­tanga Highway.

The accident, which took place at the Walewale stretch of the highway in the North East Region on Friday afternoon, in­volved a Mercedes mini Sprinter bus with registration number GW 8889-15 and a Mercedes Benz cargo truck with registra­tion number AS 9189 F.

According to an eyewitness, the Sprinter bus was travelling from Kumasi towards Nalerigu while the cargo car was travelling from Bolgatanga in the direction of Tamale.

He said upon reaching the Walewale Petrosol filling station along the stretch where the two vehicles were approaching, a motorcycle rider from nowhere crossed the road from the filling station without any caution.

In an attempt by the driver of the Sprinter bus to avoid crashing into the motorcycle rider, lost control and veered off the road and ran into the cargo car result­ing in the accident.

The eyewitness blamed the Sprinter driver for the unfortunate incident as he was said to have been speeding upon reaching the Walewale Township.

He indicated that but for the speed, the sprinter driver could have avoided the careless rider as well as prevented a crash into the cargo truck.

Furthermore, the eyewitness noted that many of the passen­gers in the Sprinter bus were trapped due to the mangled nature of the Sprinter bus.

Meanwhile, the bodies of the deceased have been deposited at the Walewale Government Hos­pital, whilst the injured victims were receiving treatment at the hospital.

A source told this paper that efforts were underway to convey the bodies to the Tamale Teach­ing Hospital (TTH) morgue for preservation.

The vehicles, however, had been towed off the road to ensure the free flow of vehicular movement.

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