{"id":77279,"date":"2014-12-25T16:17:17","date_gmt":"2014-12-25T16:17:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=77279"},"modified":"2014-12-25T16:32:11","modified_gmt":"2014-12-25T16:32:11","slug":"tema-motorway-accident-two-confirmed-dead","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2014\/12\/tema-motorway-accident-two-confirmed-dead\/","title":{"rendered":"Tema Motorway accident: Two confirmed dead"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Two people have been confirmed dead in the <span style=\"color: #666699;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #666699;\"><a style=\"color: #666699;\" href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/2014\/12\/25\/tema-motorway-accident-5-feared-dead\/\" target=\"_blank\">accident on the Tema Motorwa<\/a>y<\/span>\u00a0<\/strong><\/span>on Christmas day.<\/p>\n<p>The accident which,\u00a0according to the police, occurred\u00a0at around 8: 30 on Thursday morning claimed the lives of the two and left 13 others in critical condition.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to <strong>Citi News<\/strong>, the Commander of the Ashaiman Motor Traffic and Transport Unit (MTTU) of the Ghana Police, DSP Kwame Afari, confirmed the deaths and spoke on the condition of the others.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-77282\" src=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/IMG-20141225-WA0009.jpg\" alt=\"IMG-20141225-WA0009\" width=\"533\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/IMG-20141225-WA0009.jpg 533w, https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/IMG-20141225-WA0009-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 533px) 100vw, 533px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>[contextly_sidebar id=&#8221;EAiPSlStu7yb7C1odb0uKXmhWITtCA7R&#8221;]\u201cI can confirm that there was an accident on the motorway close to the abattoir around 8:30am on Thursday. Two people now are confirmed dead\u2026.The passengers on board were 15, the other 13 are in critical condition,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>According to DSP Afari, the victims were traveling in a Hyundai Grace bus from Tudu in Acccra to Aflao in the Volta Region.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-77254\" src=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/10422303_10205610301245912_5576235760670499599_n1.jpg\" alt=\"10422303_10205610301245912_5576235760670499599_n\" width=\"400\" height=\"396\" srcset=\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/10422303_10205610301245912_5576235760670499599_n1.jpg 400w, https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/10422303_10205610301245912_5576235760670499599_n1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/10422303_10205610301245912_5576235760670499599_n1-300x297.jpg 300w, https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/10422303_10205610301245912_5576235760670499599_n1-70x70.jpg 70w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The police suspect that, the driver after bursting his right tyre, \u201cstepped on his brake and the vehicle veered of the road, somersaulted and fell into a ditch.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The survivors are in \u201ccritical condition\u201d and are currently being treated at the Tema General Hospital.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/motor-way-accident.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-77293\" src=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/motor-way-accident.jpg\" alt=\"motor way accident\" width=\"720\" height=\"689\" srcset=\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/motor-way-accident.jpg 720w, https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/motor-way-accident-300x287.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>But due to the nature of the injures they sustained, some of them are expected to be transferred to the Korle Bu Teaching and the 37 Millitary Hospitals in Accra.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>By: Edwin Kwakofi\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Two people have been confirmed dead in the accident on the Tema Motorway\u00a0on Christmas day. 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