1 dead, 15 Others Injured In Kintampo-Techiman Highway Accident

A 34 year old unidentified woman lost her life in a tragic road crash on the Kintampo Techiman Highway at 9:30 am on October 29, 2020. The accident involved a single vehicle, a Toyota Hiace Bus with registration number AS 8030-20 travelling from Techiman to Tatale in Northern Region. Passengers claim the bus driver was speeding

when the incident happened. Some passengers said upon reaching Amomankwanta and Krutakyi stretch which is an accident prone zone, the rear tyre of bus burst causing the driver to lose total control of the vehicle, somersaulted and crashed into the side of the road, corroborated by eyewitnesses and the Kintampo

South District Police. Alhassan Abdul mutil, a passenger who sustained injuries on the head and spine narrated the incident to the media. “We all know that it was the driver’s fault. He started with high speed and could overtake two to three cars at a time. Initially when we came out of the Techiman station, I alerted the driver that his back tyre was not good, so he stopped on the

way to pump it. We didn’t know whether it was the tyre or something else but before we knew, we were somersaulting.” The bus had seventeen 17 occupants in all, including the driver who escaped unhurt. The injured passengers have been sent to the Holy Family Hospital in Techiman and the Jema Hospital for treatment. The female passenger who died is being held at the Jema morgue.