{"id":301468,"date":"2017-03-13T17:46:45","date_gmt":"2017-03-13T17:46:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=301468"},"modified":"2017-03-13T17:46:45","modified_gmt":"2017-03-13T17:46:45","slug":"articulated-truck-crashes-16-vehicles-at-nima","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/03\/articulated-truck-crashes-16-vehicles-at-nima\/","title":{"rendered":"Articulated truck crashes 16 vehicles at New Town"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>An articulated truck on Monday crashed into some 16 vehicles at &#8216;Commando&#8217;, an area at New Town in Accra.<\/p>\n<p>Although some of the vehicles were badly damaged, only two people sustained some injuries.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-301473 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/articulated-truck-crashes-12-vehicles-4.jpg\" alt=\"articulated-truck-crashes-12-vehicles-4\" width=\"564\" height=\"338\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Some eyewitnesses said the truck failed its brake, and in the process, ran into other vehicles.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, the Police have towed all the affected vehicles to the Nima Police station in Accra.<\/p>\n<p>According to the Nima Divisional Commander, Chief Superintendent Abraham Acquaye, the driver of the Benin-registered truck who had come to the area to offload beans, lost control of the truck before running into the 12 vehicles.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-large wp-image-301475 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/articulated-truck-crashes-12-vehicles-6-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"articulated-truck-crashes-12-vehicles-6\" width=\"620\" height=\"465\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Articulated trucks mangles vehicles at Circle<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A similar accident occurred at the Kwame Nkrumah Circle about a fortnight ago.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-large wp-image-301470 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/articulated-truck-crashes-12-vehicles-1-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"articulated-truck-crashes-12-vehicles-1\" width=\"620\" height=\"465\" \/><\/p>\n<p>A\u00a04-footer truck carrying sugar <span style=\"color: #666699;\"><a style=\"color: #666699;\" href=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/03\/01\/40-footer-container-falls-off-circle-interchange-photos\/\"><strong>toppled over the guard rails<\/strong><\/a><\/span> of the Kwame Nkrumah Circle interchange and destroyed some vehicles beneath the overpass.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-large wp-image-301479 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/articulated-truck-crashes-12-vehicles-10-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"articulated-truck-crashes-12-vehicles-10\" width=\"620\" height=\"465\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The container fell on two empty 207 sprinter buses parked close to the Royal VVIP bus station.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;<\/p>\n<p>By: Kojo Agyeman\/citifmonilne.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An articulated truck on Monday crashed into some 16 vehicles at &#8216;Commando&#8217;, an area at New Town in Accra. 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