It is unclear yet what caused the train to derail.

Details are scanty on the accident, but the injured according to reports, have been sent to an unnamed hospital.

The injured persons according to an account by an eyewitness, were assisted out of the train by some police recruits from the Tesano Police Training School, who were on their normal training routine.

Coaches of Accra-Nsawam train decouple from engine at Tesano

In February 2015, there was a similar train accident also at Tesano, involving an Accra-Nsawam bound train, where part of the train disentangled from the remaining coaches.

The state of Ghana’s rail lines/coaches

The Accra-Nsawam shuttle serves thousands of commuters to and from the capital on a daily basis, making at least four trips, but is largely considered a death trap.

It is the most convenient mode of commuting for most people living in Accra and Nsawam, especially, traders who convey farm produce and processed food from Nsawam to Accra each day.

But the state of the country’s rail tracks, and even the trains themselves, put passengers at risk.
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By: citifmonline.com/Ghana

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Morgan is in a critical but stable condition after breaking his legs, nose and ribs when a Walmart truck driver crashed into his vehicle.

“Today was a better day,” said spokesman Lewis Kay, adding that doctors are “optimistic”.

Morgan’s friend, fellow comedian James McNair, died in the accident.

Also known as Jimmy Mack, a memorial service was held for McNair on Thursday in his hometown of Peekskill, New York.

Morgan, 45, starred alongside Tina Fey and Alec Baldwin in the comedy series 30 Rock and is a former regular on Saturday Night Live.

According to Kay, Morgan’s fiancee Megan Wollover is with him as he recovers from an operation on his leg and is relaying everyone’s good wishes.

“While Tracy remains in critical, but stable, condition, he continues to show signs of improvement,” said Kay.

“His medical team remains optimistic that his recovery is progressing.”

Walmart truck driver Kevin Roper has pleaded not guilty to charges of death by auto and assault by auto charges in court.

Truck driver Kevin Roper appeared in court on Wednesday

Prosecutors said he had not slept for more than 24 hours before the crash on the New Jersey Turnpike, when he swerved to avoid traffic that had slowed down, ploughing into Morgan’s limo bus.

Walmart has said it believes Roper was in compliance with federal safety regulations but has promised to cooperate with the investigation.

Another two people were seriously injured in the accident after the limo bus flipped over, fellow comedian Ardie Fuqua Jr and Morgan’s assistant, Jeffrey Millea.

Kay told reporters he had been informed by Millea’s wife that her husband had also “shown much improvement over the past few days”.

Gossip website TMZ has so far refused to remove a video featuring footage of the crash site, which shows motorists stopping and pulling a body from the wreckage of Morgan’s limousine, believed to be Fuqua.

Actor and comedian Louis CK pleaded with TMZ on Twitter to “take it down”, asking fans not to watch the video as it featured his friends who were in intensive care.

Fuqua’s daughter also posted a statement appealing to TMZ on social media, calling it “hurtful”.

“All I ask is to be kindly left alone so that my father and everyone else can be left in peace,” she said.

Source: BBC

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