SIX persons perished in an accident when a Ford bus collided head-on with a Benz truck at Obretema, near Suhum, last Saturday.
Four persons, including the driver of the Ford bus, whose identities were yet to be known, and a civilian employee of the Ghana Armed Forces (GAF), identified as Edmund Lomotey, died on the spot.
Two out of the three persons, including the driver of the Benz bus, who were rushed to the Suhum Government Hospital in coma died on Sunday.
Eight people who sustained various degrees of injury were taken to the Suhum Government Hospital and are said to be 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 Peprah, said the accident occurred at 4 p.m. on Saturday when the Ford bus, in the process of overtaking another vehicle, collided head-on with the Benz truck.
He said the bus, with registration number AW 3393 Z, was travelling from Kumasi towards Accra, while the truck, with registration number GT 6100 B, was travelling from the opposite direction.
Meanwhile, a 54-year-old man, identified as Kwadwo Adekplovi, also died when he was knocked down by a vehicle at Amanase, near Suhum, on Saturday .
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