3 Passengers Die After Commercial Bus Somersaults On Tema Motorway

3 persons have died with 20 others sustaining injuries from an accident that occurred on the Tema Motorway. The incident is said to have happened around the 6 am involving a Sprinter bus. According to reports, the Aflao bound bus somersaulted and fell into a ditch after its tyre also burst around the weighing bridge area. The

twenty injured persons have been conveyed to the Tema General Hospital for treatment, while the 3 bodies have been deposited at the mortuary and the Tema Regional MTTD Commander, Police Chief Superintendent William Asante narrated the incident to the media. The driver had a flat tyre and the car somersaulted about three

times before landing. We are still investigating and the speed at which he was travelling and the others. So far three people have lost their lives and others have been admitted at the hospital. Data from Motor Transport and Traffic Department show that 771 people perished from road crashes in Ghana between January to March 2021.