THREE persons died in an accident last Tuesday when a Sprinter bus collided head-on with a Fiat tipper truck at the Customs, Excise and Preventive Service (CEPS) checkpoint at Nsutam, near Bunso, in the Eastern Region.
Several others also sustained various degrees of injury and were rushed to the Kyebi Government Hospital for treatment.
The bodies of the dead have been deposited at the same hospital, pending identification and autopsy.
Briefing the Daily Graphic, the Eastern Regional Commander of the Motor Transport and Traffic Unit (MTTU), Superintendent James Peprah, said the accident occurred at about 12.30 p.m.
According to him, the collision occurred right in the middle of the CEPS checkpoint.
He gave the registration numbers of the bus and the truck as GS 5225 O9 and WR 743 Q respectively.
He said investigations were currently underway to establish the cause of the accident.
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