{"id":295382,"date":"2017-02-17T21:59:03","date_gmt":"2017-02-17T21:59:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=295382"},"modified":"2017-02-17T21:59:03","modified_gmt":"2017-02-17T21:59:03","slug":"7-injured-in-multiple-car-crash-at-okponglo-traffic-light-photos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/02\/7-injured-in-multiple-car-crash-at-okponglo-traffic-light-photos\/","title":{"rendered":"7 injured in multiple-car crash at Okponglo Traffic Light [Photos]"},"content":{"rendered":"
Seven vehicles have been involved in an accident at Okponglo Traffic Light Junction in Accra, leaving several persons injured.<\/p>\n
The Friday evening accident according to the police, left 7 persons with\u00a0varying degrees of injury. The injured have since been sent to the Legon Hospital for treatment.<\/p>\n
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The brakes of a trailer failed, running into commercial buses parked along the road with passengers in some of them. The driver of a taxi cab with registration Number, GE 6606-14, narrowly escaped death when a container on the trailer fell onto his taxi.<\/p>\n
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A conductor in one of the affected buses is reported to have fallen off a bus, hitting his head on the ground.<\/p>\n
The accident has led to a massive traffic situation on Okponlgo – Tetteh Quarshie stretch of the Madina-Accra road.<\/p>\n
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The police are working to bring the situation under control. The vehicles which were damaged beyond repairs are being towed away.<\/p>\n
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\nBy: Caleb Kudah\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Seven vehicles have been involved in an accident at Okponglo Traffic Light Junction in Accra, leaving several persons injured. The Friday evening accident according to the police, left 7 persons with\u00a0varying degrees of injury. The injured have since been sent to the Legon Hospital for treatment. The brakes of a trailer failed, running into commercial […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[10,11],"tags":[737,3,4203],"yoast_head":"\n