ACCIDENT CLAIMS LIVES OF 3 ON GOOD FRIDAY (BACK PAGE)

THREE persons died and others sustained injuries in a motor accident on Good Friday.
The accident occurred when an O.A. Travel and Tours bus and a 33-seater Mercedes Benz bus collided at the intersection at Akyem Anyinasin on the Accra-Kumasi highway.
The O.A. bus, with registration number AS 3401 X, was travelling to Kumasi while the Mercedes Benz bus, with registration number GS 7863 Z, was coming from the opposite direction.
Two of the victims, identified as driver’s mates of the two buses, died on the spot, while the third person, who has not been identified yet, died later at the Suhum Government Hospital.
The bodies of the driver’s mates have been deposited at the Kyebi Government Hospital, while that of the third person is in the morgue of the Suhum Government Hospital.
The driver of the Mercedes Benz bus, who was injured, was first sent to the Kyebi Government Hospital and later referred to the St Joseph Hospital, while those who sustained minor injuries were treated and discharged at the Kyebi Government Hospital.
The officer in charge of the Kyebi Police Divisional Motor Traffic and Transport Unit (MTTU), DSP Hans Setsor, confirmed that his outfit was informed of the accident at about 6.30 p.m. on Good Friday.
According to him the O.A., bus which was trying to overtake two vehicles, went into the lane of the oncoming Mercedes Benz bus, resulting in the collision.
He said the Mercedes Benz bus broke into two leading to the death of the three persons and injuries to others.
DSP Setsor stated that personnel from the Fire Station at Suhum were called in to retrieve two of the dead whose bodies were trapped in the mangled Benz bus.