Seven vehicles have been involved in an accident at Okponglo Traffic Light Junction in Accra, leaving several persons injured.
The Friday evening accident according to the police, left 7 persons with varying degrees of injury. The injured have since been sent to the Legon Hospital for treatment.
The brakes of a trailer failed, running into commercial buses parked along the road with passengers in some of them. The driver of a taxi cab with registration Number, GE 6606-14, narrowly escaped death when a container on the trailer fell onto his taxi.
A conductor in one of the affected buses is reported to have fallen off a bus, hitting his head on the ground.
The accident has led to a massive traffic situation on Okponlgo – Tetteh Quarshie stretch of the Madina-Accra road.
The police are working to bring the situation under control. The vehicles which were damaged beyond repairs are being towed away.
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By: Caleb Kudah/citifmonline.com/Ghana