Two Killed After Cocoa Container Falls On Saloon Car In Takoradi

A driver and a passenger last night lost their lives on the Vodafone Kansuarina highway in Takoradi after a cocoa container truck fell on a Daewoo Matiz car they were in. The truck was carrying cocoa and was heading towards the Takoradi Habour for export but the container came off the truck which fell on the two occupants in the Daewoo Matiz on the highway. The Western Regional

Police MTTD Commander, Chief Superintendent Richard Appiah confirming the incident to the media said the fatal accident happened after 9 pm on Friday November 27. At around 9:20pm, suspect driver Eric Pamford Peters, aged 30 now deceased was in a Daewoo Matiz private car with registration number WR 1049 - 19. He was driving from the Paa Grant roundabout towards

Kwame Nkrumah roundabout with one Ama Amponsah aged 27 now deceased on board. On reaching the Vodafone intersection, a Daf articulator with registration number GT 5953 - 20 which was also from the opposite direction driven by Adu Emmanuel Kweku aged 32 with a 40 footer container loaded with cocoa veered off his lane and climbed the median to the lane of the Matiz.

The container detached from the truck and fell on the Matiz crushing it. Those in the Matiz were trapped in the car but with the help of the Fire Service and the Road safety recovery truck, they were removed and then the bodies were also deposited at the Effia Nkwanta Government hospital morgue pending autopsy, he said. Chief Superintendent Richard Appiah said the vehicles have since been towed to the Regional Police MTTD yard in Sekondi pending testing, and suspect driver Emmanuel Kwaku arrested and in police custody.