One person died last Friday when the driver of a passenger bus lost control and rammed into a private Toyota Corolla at Osino in the Eastern Region.
The deceased was identified as the mate of the bus.
He was said to have had his right leg cut off at the accident scene and died shortly on arrival at the St Joseph Hospital at Koforidua, where he and other passengers who got injured in the crash were rushed to.
The bus, belonging to O.A. Travel and Tours with registration AS 5753 W, was travelling from Accra to Kumasi at top speed. On reaching Osino the driver was said to have lost control of the bus before crashing into the rear side of the saloon car, which was travelling in the same direction.
According to eyewitness account, the driver of the bus, yet to be identified, was reported to have continuously blown the horn to alert the private vehicle to get out of its way when he lost control of the bus.
However, the bus rammed into the rear side of the saloon vehicle before grazing its right side against an oncoming charcoal truck.
Eyewitnesses indicated that but for the timely swerving of the truck into the other side of the road, the bus would have collided head-on with it.
When the Daily Graphic visited the scene on Saturday, the bus was spotted a long distance away from the scene of the accident, which, according to eyewitnesses, was due to the inability of the driver to apply the brakes.
When contacted, the Station Officer of the Osino Police Station, Chief Inspector Samuel W. Arkoh, confirmed the incident and gave the assurance that the police were still investigating to determine the cause of the accident.
He advised drivers to drive at moderate speed on the Accra-Kumasi highway to prevent accidents.
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