{"id":301621,"date":"2017-03-14T12:00:15","date_gmt":"2017-03-14T12:00:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=301621"},"modified":"2017-03-14T12:00:15","modified_gmt":"2017-03-14T12:00:15","slug":"driver-in-new-town-articulated-truck-crash-arrested","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/03\/driver-in-new-town-articulated-truck-crash-arrested\/","title":{"rendered":"Driver in New Town articulated truck crash arrested"},"content":{"rendered":"
The driver of the articulated truck that crashed into 16 vehicles at ‘Commando’, a suburb of New Town in Accra on Monday, has been arrested.<\/p>\n
The driver of the Benin-registered truck, who had come to offload goods at a market in the area, lost control of the steering wheel and crashed into the 16 cars.<\/p>\n
Two persons sustained injuries in the process.<\/p>\n
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Speaking to Citi News<\/strong>, the Nima Divisional Police Commander, Chief Superintendent Abraham Acquaye, said the driver has been arrested and will assist with investigations.<\/p>\n The driver, who did not sustain any injuries, is said to be a Beninois and doesn\u2019t speak any other language apart from French, Supt Acquaye revealed<\/p>\n “In the course of our investigations, it came to the fore that he encountered a brake failure and that is what actually precipitated this. He is in our custody and he is assisting us in our investigations.\u201d<\/p>\n The Police subsequently towed all the affected vehicles to the Nima Police station in Accra.<\/p>\n –<\/p>\n By: Kojo Agyeman\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The driver of the articulated truck that crashed into 16 vehicles at ‘Commando’, a suburb of New Town in Accra on Monday, has been arrested. The driver of the Benin-registered truck, who had come to offload goods at a market in the area, lost control of the steering wheel and crashed into the 16 cars. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":301470,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[5,11],"tags":[3,5037,519],"yoast_head":"\n