The crash, which occurred early on Thursday morning according to eyewitnesses, involved an articulated truck carrying cattle, believed to have been travelling from Burkina Faso to Kumasi.

The truck run into a Neoplan bus heading towards Techiman from Accra.

The driver of the articulated truck, in attempt to avoid a head-on collision with a parked truck, veered off its lane and crashed into the Neoplan bus.

The impact of the crash caused extensive damage to both vehicles killing both drivers on the spot and two other passengers in the bus.

18 others sustained varying degrees of injury. The dead are yet to be identified.

The District Police commander for Akumadan, DSP Mahmoud Yussif, who confirmed the incident to Citi News expressed regret at the level of indiscipline on the country’s roads.

He called on stakeholders to devise more stringent measures to contain the canker.

The District Commander also appealed to Ghanaians to help with the identification of the dead.

The 18 injured passengers are currently receiving treatment at the Nkenkansu Government Hospital and Afrancho AME Zion Hospital.

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By: Mashoud Kombat/citifmonline.com/Ghana

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The Eastern Regional Police Public Relations Officer, ASP Ebenezer Tetteh, who confirmed the incident to Citi News indicated that, the other injured passengers are currently receiving treatment at the Suhum Government Hospital.

“At 12 :45 pm Monday afternoon, we received information that there has been an accident at Asuboi a village close to Suhum, and when we got to the scene we saw that a Yutong bus with registration number GM-1774-16 had crashed into a Man diesel trailer truck with registration number AS-21-12.”

“Preliminary investigations indicated that the Yutong bus, which was travelling from Kumasi to Accra on reaching Asuboi neglected traffic regulations from the opposite direction and in the process crashed into the trailer. The three persons who died on the spot included two females and a male, whose identities are yet to be verified.”

ASP Ebenezer Tetteh added that “men from the regional MTTD were quickly dispatched to the scene to control traffic, meanwhile other passengers who sustained various degrees of injury are currently receiving treatment at the Suhum Government Hospital, and the bodies of the deceased have also been deposited at the hospital’s morgue.”

ASP Ebenezer Tetteh cautioned motorists to adhere to all road regulations to avoid accidents.

“I want to use this medium to caution drivers and all road users to strictly go according to all road regulations because a little restraint on our roads can save lives.”

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By: Neil Nii Amatey Kanarku/citifmonline.com/Ghana

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The accident happened between Wute and Dadogboe on the Mafi Kumase – Adidome road.

According to eyewitnesses, most of whom were party members onboard similar vans bound for the same event, the Urvan mini-van tried to overtake a taxi cab, and skidded off the road, plunging into a depression beside the road.

So far, reports say over ten people have sustained severe injuries with many others feared dead.

At least two of the victims, clad in party paraphernalia, lay dead on the ground at the time of this report.

Among the people at the scene were Hopeson Adorye and some notable party stalwarts in the Constituency who were leading the team.

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