TWO persons died and others sustained serious injuries in a motor accident last Saturday when a 207 Mercedes Benz bus collided head-on with a Volvo taxicab at Nyame Bekyere on the Koforidua-Mamfe road.
The dead, a two-and-a-half-year-old boy and a woman believed to be about 65 who are yet to be identified, were among four passengers on board the taxi travelling from Koforidua to Mamfe.
The passengers on board the 207 Benz bus were travelling from Accra to Koforidua to attend an engagement ceremony when their vehicle collided with the taxicab about 4.45 p.m.
Those who sustained serious injuries were rushed to the Eastern Regional Hospital in Koforidua and are responding to treatment, while the bodies of the dead have been deposited at the morgue of the same hospital.
Briefing the Daily Graphic, the Eastern Regional Commander of the Motor Traffic and Transport Unit (MTTU) of the Ghana Police Service, Superintendent James Sarfo Peprah, said the MTTU was informed of the accident at Nyame Bekyere about 4.45 p.m. on Saturday.
According to him, the driver of the 207 Benz, on reaching a curvy, descending portion of the road at Nyame Bekyere, lost control of the vehicle and crashed into the taxicab, which was travelling from the opposite direction.
“The Benz bus, which was overloaded, had a brake failure and since it was descending a steep portion of the road, the driver lost control and collided with the oncoming taxi,” the MTTU Commander stated.
Supt Sarfo Peprah advised motorists, especially those who plied the Koforidua-Mamfe road, to desist from overloading, since “the road is curvy and steep”.
In another development, a Nissan Urvan travelling from Accra was involved in an accident near the Peduase Lodge on the Pantang-Mamfe road last Friday.
Sketchy reports obtained from police sources indicated that six of the passengers and the driver who sustained injuries were rushed to the Tetteh-Quarshie Memorial Hospital at Mampong and are responding to treatment.
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