Confirming the incident to Citi News, the Eastern Regional Police Public Relations Officer, ASP Ebenezer Tetteh, also said out of the 54 passengers on board the bus, 33 sustained various degrees of injury, and are in critical condition at the Nkawkaw Holy Family Hospital.

14 other passengers have been treated and discharged.

“…So far, we have recorded 10 causalities. There were 54 passengers on the Yutong bus that was traveling from Accra heading towards Kumasi. And upon reaching Abepotia, the Yutong bus allegedly after entering a single lane, instead of driving on its lane, drove on the other lane of the oncoming cars, so it grazed a side of a trailer that was coming from Kumasi towards Accra. 10 passengers out of the 54 died on the spot, and 33 are still on admission, and 14 have been treated and discharged.”

He added that one out of the ten bodies deposited at the Holy Family Hospital Morgue is suspected to be a civil servant, and called on family members who have not heard from their relatives to come and identify the bodies.

Driver detained

Mr. Tetteh, also confirmed that the driver of the Yutong bus is in custody, “but the whereabouts of the trailer driver is still unknown.”

“…But for the negligence of the driver of the Yutong bus, this accident is a very very avoidable accident,” he noted.

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By: Nii Amartey Kanarku/Ann-Shirley Ziwn/citifmonline.com/Ghana

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With Medeama having been involved in the 2014 CAF Confederations Cup, Lions had to wait until Sunday afternoon to claim all three points at home with a last gap goal deep into injury time.

With four minutes additional time after normal regulation, Prince Acquah popped up with a late finish to ensure Medeama picks up just a single win from their four accumulated outstanding games after their African adventure.

And with just three rounds of matches to end the 2013/2014 season, Medeama still sit eighth on the league chart while Lions would be fervently hoping that Kotoko drops points to have any possible chance of causing an unlikely upset.

Having cleared all outstanding matches, the First Capital Plus Premier League is expected to return on Wednesday, May 21, at all eight league centres.

Source: Footy Ghana

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Medeama have been drawn with AC Leopards of Congo in the Caf Confederations Cup playoffs.

The draw took place in Cairo on Tuesday saw the eight clubs that progressed from the 1/8 stage of the competitions drawn with the eight that were knocked out of the 1/8 stage of the CAF Champions League.

Medeama will be happy that the first leg is away in Brazaville on the weekend of April 18-20.

Leopards will be no slouches, having won the Confederations Cup in 2012. They find themselves at this point after losing to Sudan’s Al Hilal on away goals, while Medeama beat Zesco United of Zambia 2-1 on aggregate.

Full draw

Al-Ahly (Egypt) vs Difaa Hassani Jadida (Morocco)
AS Real (Mali) vs Djoliba (Mali)
AC Leopards (Congo) vs Medeama (Ghana)
Kaizer Chiefs (South Africa) vs ASEC Mimosas (Cote d’Ivoire)
Coton Sport (Cameroon) vs Petro Atletico (Angola)
Horoya (Guinea) vs Etoile du Sahel (Tunisia)
Sewe Sport (Cote d’Ivoire) vs Bayelsa (Nigeria)
Nkana (Zambia) vs Club Athletique Bizertin (Tunisia)

First leg: 18, 19, 20 April 2014
Second leg: 25, 26, 27 April 2014

By: Gary Al-Smith/Citifmonline.com

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