Speaking to Citi TV at the funeral of the late Ebony Reigns on Saturday, he said, as a victim of a car crash himself, he would admonish the citizenry to collectively help reduce the menace to the barest minimum.

“Unfortunately, she [Ebony] died in an accident. The same cause that kills almost thousands of people every year and a number of people every day. The same cause that leaves a number of people injured and deformed every time. I am an example of that; I’m an accident victim and I’m facing it till now,” he said.

When asked if he had planned on embarking on any campaign to help curb this problem, he said he was ready to use any means available to fight road accidents.

“Why not? Any form that we can advocate and educate the people about road safety, I am ready – and even as I speak now, it is gonna go far and you know we are all involved to make sure that we are all safe on our roads,” he added.

Stonebwoy was once involved in a car accident which claimed the life of his twin sibling. The accident rendered him disabled for a long period until he finally went through a successful surgery.

A few weeks ago, he donated an amount of GHc 5,000 and other items to patients at the accident ward of the Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital in Accra.

Already, rapper Sarkodie has composed a song titled ‘Wakeup Call’ to raise awareness on road accidents on Ghanaian roads.

Other people in arts and showbiz have also added their voices to the call since Priscilla Opoku-Kwarteng aka Ebony died in a gory motor accident on the Kumasi-Sunyani road in February.

Watch Stonebwoy speak to Citi TV in the video below:

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By: Kwame Dadzie/citifmonline.com/Ghana

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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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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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