Three people are feared dead and several others have sustained various degrees of injuries in a ghastly accident at Kyekyewere near Suhum in the Eastern region.

The accident occurred around 8 pm Monday night after a sprinter bus heading to Accra from Kumasi collided with a Toyota Hiace.

The Toyota Hiace with registration number ER 1058-16 veered off its lane and run into the side of the Benz sprinter bus with registration number AW 1329-14.

A passenger on board the Sprinter bus travelling from Kumasi to Accra, narrating her ordeal said they escaped two near crashes on their way before crashing into the Sprinter bus on the Highway.

The remains of deceased have been conveyed to the Suhum government hospital while the injured are receiving treatment at the same facility.

Meanwhile, Police in Suhum have begun investigations into the incident.