{"id":219829,"date":"2016-06-05T09:21:12","date_gmt":"2016-06-05T09:21:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=219829"},"modified":"2016-06-05T09:21:12","modified_gmt":"2016-06-05T09:21:12","slug":"5-dead-in-bus-accident-on-accra-kumasi-road","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2016\/06\/5-dead-in-bus-accident-on-accra-kumasi-road\/","title":{"rendered":"5 dead in bus accident on Accra-Kumasi road"},"content":{"rendered":"
Five persons have been reported dead and several others injured in an accident at Abepotia near Nkawkaw on the Accra – Kumasi road.<\/p>\n
According to the police in the Eastern Region, the accident occurred on\u00a0Saturday around 6:00 am.<\/p>\n
[contextly_sidebar id=”4wBHmHbiAx7KgIfWKYUCW8xB9JOUTGQg”]A 42 seater Neoplan bus traveling from Accra to Tamale, lost control after running over a speed table.<\/p>\n
This cause the bus to veer off its lane into a ditch on the shoulder of the road resulting in the accident.<\/p>\n
The dead and injured persons have been sent to the Nkawkaw Holy Family Hospital, Okonfo Anokye Teaching Hospital in Kumasi, and \u00a0the Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital, in Accra.<\/p>\n
The Deputy Eastern Regional Police Commander, J.A Abass, confirmed the details of the accident to Citi News<\/strong> and said police have begun investigations into\u00a0it.<\/p>\n He added that the driver of the bus also sustained injuries and is currently receiving treatment at the\u00a0hospital.<\/p>\n –<\/p>\n By: Delali Adogla-Bessa\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Five persons have been reported dead and several others injured in an accident at Abepotia near Nkawkaw on the Accra – Kumasi road. According to the police in the Eastern Region, the accident occurred on\u00a0Saturday around 6:00 am. [contextly_sidebar id=”4wBHmHbiAx7KgIfWKYUCW8xB9JOUTGQg”]A 42 seater Neoplan bus traveling from Accra to Tamale, lost control after running over a […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":199931,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[5,11],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n