3 Dead, Several Injured As VIP Bus Collides With Trailer Truck1 min read
At least three (3) people have been reported dead on the Kumasi – Techiman highway.
An eyewitness told Kwame Koranteng on Time FM’s Ama Ghana Morning Show that the VIP bus collided head-on with a trailer truck at Nkenkaasu, a town in the Offinso North District of the Ashanti Region.
The two vehicles from opposite directions crushed in a head-on coalition but it is unclear if the driver of one of the vehicles was sleeping as he is reported to have veered off his lane.
The VIP bus with registration number AP- 1986 – 22 was heading towards Techiman in the Bono East Region while the truck believed to be a Burkina bound vehicle with registration number BF 2315 F1 03 loaded with cereals was heading towards Kumasi.
According to the eyewitness, the injured passengers have been rushed to a health facility while the dead have been conveyed to the morgue.
The accident which occurred on the dawn of Wednesday, August 2, 2023, resulted in heavy traffic on that stretch of the road.