The angry motorists, particularly “trotro” drivers, and their conductors, registered their displeasure, blocking road access on the stretch for hours.

They blocked the road with stones and wooden planks as they compelled their colleague drivers’ alight on-board passengers over what they described as harassment from the Kumasi metropolitan assembly.

The obstruction of traffic caused a stir as passengers and other road users were delayed in attending their daily duties.

It took the intervention of the police to disperse the angry drivers and allow free traffic flow in the area.

According to the aggrieved group, one person was allegedly arrested by the police.

On June 11, 2025, the Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly (KMA) commenced a clampdown on drivers who charged unapproved transport fares.

Twenty-two vehicles were impounded by the assembly with their drivers paying between 500 cedis to 1,500 cedis fine for defying the national directive for 15% fare reduction.

In an interview with some drivers on why they charge the unapproved fares, they argue persistent harassment and bribes demanded from some police officers informed their decisions to increase the fare during odd hours.

They further indicated that it is the only means to break even, especially given the current expensive economic dispensation.

The court, presided over by Enid Marful-Sau, ordered that Dadzie’s sureties provide valid national identity cards to the court’s registry.

Dadzie pleaded not guilty to stabbing Kofi Owusu in the arm and was directed to reappear before the court on April 22, 2025.

Police Chief Inspector Salifu Nashiru told the court that both the complainant, Owusu, a driver, and the accused, Dadzie, a head porter, reside in Treba.

He explained that in July 2024, Owusu noticed his Samsung A13 phone was missing. Upon questioning his wife, she allegedly mentioned seeing Dadzie smoking behind their building at midnight.

Owusu confronted Dadzie and warned him to stay away from the back of his house. This reportedly angered Dadzie, leading to threats.

According to Chief Inspector Nashiru, on August 5, 2024, while Owusu and one Kwame were at a park in Treba, Dadzie allegedly passed by and threatened them.

A heated argument ensued, during which Dadzie reportedly pulled a jackknife and attempted to stab Kwame. Owusu then chased him with a stick, causing Dadzie to flee.

Shortly after, while Owusu was heading home, Dadzie allegedly emerged and stabbed him in the left arm before escaping.

Following a tip-off, Dadzie was arrested on March 10, 2025. During interrogation, he reportedly admitted to the offence and was subsequently arraigned.

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According to reports, the accident occurred when the Honda Civic attempted a wrongful overtaking and crashed into the O.A Mini Bus, which was on the shoulder of the road.

The injured passengers have been rushed to the Mankesim Government Hospital for treatment, while one of the drivers is feared dead.

Preliminary information indicates that the O.A Mini Bus, registered AS 1024-24, was traveling from Obuasi to Accra, while the Honda Civic was heading from Apam to Mankesim.

Speaking to Adom News, the O.A Mini Bus driver, Nuru Ibrahim, recounted that upon reaching Ekumfi Eyisam, he noticed the Honda Civic attempting a dangerous overtaking.

Despite trying to create space, the Honda Civic continued in his direction, resulting in the fatal crash.

Nuru confirmed that the Honda Civic driver is feared dead, while other victims are receiving medical attention.

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A driver who inhaled laughing gas at the wheel has been jailed for nine years and four months after he admitted killing his three teenage passengers in a high-speed crash.

Thomas Johnson, 19, had admitted to taking nitrous oxide through balloons while driving and exceeding speeds of more than 100mph on a road with a speed limit of 30mph.

He pleaded guilty to causing the deaths earlier on Wednesday at Oxford Crown Court.

Addressing Johnson, Judge Emma Nott said his actions were “all for teenage thrills” and he would be “forever defined” by his “teenage mistakes”.

Daniel Hancock, 18, Ethan Goddard, 18, and Elliot Pullen, 17, died in the crash in Marcham, Oxfordshire, in June last year.

Their families have spoken of being “united by grief” by the tragedy and hope the sentence “will serve as a deterrent” to others.

Mobile phone video footage taken inside the BMW 3 series, moments before it crashed, showed the boys laughing and passing nitrous oxide canisters to the front while Johnson had a balloon to his face.

The tyres can be heard screeching as the vehicle drifts around a corner at high speed.

Thames Valley Police also released an ANPR photo of the driver and front passenger with balloons to their mouths.

CCTV footage shows the vehicle overtaking another car at more than 100mph. Police say the vehicle’s electronic stability control had been deliberately switched off.

Johnson, who sustained life-threatening injuries in the crash, says he does not remember what happened.

In a police interview afterwards, he revealed he was aware of the risks.

Asked if he had ever taken nitrous oxide, Johnson responded: “No, not this year. I remember doing it once last year with a group of friends before I could even drive but I don’t have any recollection after that.”

Asked if he remembered what the effect of it was, Johnson replied: “It made my head feel dizzy.”

Families hope sentence is ‘deterrent’

Commenting on the case, a joint family statement said: “No amount of imprisonment will bring our sons back home and we take little comfort in the sentencing of someone else’s son.

“However, we do hope that this will serve as a deterrent to other drivers, especially young men.

“If just one person adjusts their attitude to driving, or one person thinks twice about being a passenger along for the ride then there is hope that something good can come out of this tragedy.”

‘Permanent living nightmare’

Elliot Pullen’s parents, Kate and Giles, and his sister Mia issued a separate statement describing their sense of loss and being “united by grief” in what was a “permanent living nightmare”. They said they had been “sucked into a world of grief, sadness and pain”.

The parents of Ethan Goddard paid tribute, writing that he “was a fun, loving, kind, generous, caring young lad, always thinking of others, and getting the most out of life”.

They added he “was loved so very much and made his family so proud”.

Meanwhile, Daniel Hancock’s family said in a statement he “was truly loved and will always be missed. He was caring, generous and selfless.”

And they issued a warning to other young drivers.

“Daniel died three miles from home in a completely avoidable crash. Please don’t be that driver who shows such disregard for their friends’ lives.”

Detective Sergeant Tony Jenkins, of Thames Valley Police’s serious collisions investigative unit, explained that nitrous oxide impairs a driver’s ability to make decisions.

The victim is currently receiving treatment at the Swedru Government Hospital.

Meanwhile, several other commuters who fell prey to the attack also suffered machete injuries, losing valuable items and cash to the robbers.

Speaking to Adom News, an eyewitness, Amos Quansah, described the incident as part of an alarming trend of robberies along the stretch, especially between Suromanya and Asamoakrom.

He further called on the Inspector General of Police (IGP) to enhance security in the area to protect lives and property.

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According to the Auditor General’s report, a shipment of condoms and birth control shots disappeared while in transit from the Temporary Central Medical Stores in Tema to the Regional Medical Stores in the Eastern Region in August 2022.

The Ministry’s driver, Joe Gyaten, failed to deliver three million condoms and other contraceptives to the Regional Medical Stores in the Eastern Region, in August 2022.

During a recent Public Accounts Committee session, Director of Policy Planning, Monitoring, and Evaluation at the Health Ministry, Dr Alberta Biritwum-Naryko revealed that despite the passage of two years, neither the vehicle nor the missing items have been recovered.

“The driver immediately after, had a stroke, was very ill but has also retired. I cannot recollect the reasons why he could not deliver the items but the matter was the items could not be found and he had not also paid as at that time.”

When asked about the whereabouts of the vehicle used for transporting the items, Dr. Biritwum-Naryko said that locating the vehicle would be challenging.

She admitted that while the exact location of the vehicle remains unknown, it is clear that the items did not reach the Eastern Regional Medical Stores.

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The incident happened while the officer was taking the driver to EDSTMA office for allegedly committing a traffic offence. 

It was gathered that the driver beat the traffic light and when he was stopped by traffic personnel, he resisted arrest. 

The personnel was said to have thereafter been directed to take the vehicle to the office of EDSTMA.

In the process, the driver stripped himself naked, took a keg of petrol from his vehicle, poured it on the officer and set him ablaze. 

Confirming the incident in a statement posted on its official Facebook page, the agency said that the injured officer is receiving medical treatment in an undisclosed hospital.

“The Management of Edo State Traffic Control and Management Agency, ( EDSTMA) hereby to announce to the general public that a motorist driving a commercial bus with the registration number *FFE145XA* committed a traffic offence at Adesuwa Junction, Sapele Road, Benin City on Friday, 9th February, 2023,” the statement read.

“On apprehension, the bus driver angrily brought out fuel and set one of the officers ablaze. Currently, the officer is in an undisclosed hospital receiving treatment” the statement added.

The bus driver is on the run as police pleads for any useful information that can lead to his arrest.

Appearing before the Gender Based Violence Court at the Police Headquarters, Enoch Mensah pleaded guilty to the charge of defilement.

The court convicted Mensah on his own plea and sentenced him accordingly.

Apart from the church premises, Mensah is said to have defiled the victim on four separate occasions in the complainant’s house.

Detective Chief Inspector Opoku Aniagyei prayed the court to hand down a deterrent sentence because the victim innocently followed Mensah who sought her assistance, but he ended up defiling in the church.

Prosecution recounted the increasing number of defilement cases, saying a harsh sentence would serve as a deterrent to likeminded persons.

The case of prosecution is that the complainant is a trader, residing at Apotro near Sowutuom in Accra and (Complainant), mother of the victim, aged 14 years.

The prosecutor said Mensah, a driver, also resided in the same vicinity.

In June 2023, the victim went to the Church name withheld at Nsumfa, near Sowutum to help the accused clean the church.

It said Mensah locked the church and took the victim to one of the offices where he had “unprotected sexual intercourse” with her on one of the tables and warned her not to tell anyone.

The prosecutor said Mensah went on to have sexual intercourse with the victim on four occasions in the complainant’s house.

It said on August 23, 2023, the complainant noticed some changes in the victim and quizzed her.

Prosecution said the victim disclosed her ordeal and the complainant reported the matter to the Police and a Police Medical form was issued to the complainant to seek medical care for the victim.

When the endorsed medical form was given to the Police, they (police) caused Mensah’s arrest.

In Mensah’s caution statement, he admitted the offence.

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Vincent Fisher, a resident of Kasoa, in the Central Region denied the offence when he appeared before the presiding judge, Mrs Hathia Ama Manu.

After the trial, Fisher was found guilty and punished accordingly to serve as a deterrent to other drivers.

Prosecuting, Police Chief Inspector, Joseph Lartey said Amobi Chukwu, the complainant is a driver and a resident of Lagos, a town in Nigeria.

He said about two months ago, the complainant gave his Toyota Sienna vehicle with registration number AGL 152 GN to Fisher at Lagos for transport business.

Fisher started driving between Lagos and Accra, but after a month he told Chukwu that he wanted to marry in Ghana, and therefore pleaded to use the car for weeks.

Chief Inspector Lartey said the complainant agreed and on August 5, 2023, Fisher brought the vehicle to Ghana but after completing his programme, he failed to resume work though Chukwu contacted him on phone many times.

He said Chukwu, who realised all was not well, decided to check the tracking device he installed on the vehicle from August 21, 2023, realized the vehicle was in Manso Amenfi in the Western Region, but the convict insisted it was in Accra.

Based on the information, Chukwu came to Ghana to look for his vehicle and on August 23, 2023, he made a report at the Regional Police Command where police officers were detailed to assist him.

He said with the aid of the tracking device, the police found the vehicle parked near a house at Manso Amenfi with registration number AP 525-22, insurance, road worthy certificates and a “for sale” sticker affix on the windscreen with two mobile phone numbers.

The court heard that Fisher was picked up and the vehicle retrieved and sent to the Regional Police Headquarters for interrogations.

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Joseph Yankson is said to have taken advantage of the absence of the victim’s mother and defiled the 13-year-old twice.

He repeated the act after promising to appease the victim’s family with a sheep.

Charged with defilement, Yankson pleaded guilty.

The court presided over by Dora Eshun Inkumasah convicted Yankson on his plea.

Chief Inspector Opoku Aniagyie, who held the brief of Chief Inspector Simon Tekpor, narrated that, the complainant was a teacher and a friend of the mother of the victim.

The prosecution said the accused person, now a convict, was the stepfather of the victim.

The prosecution contends that the victim, along with her mother, siblings, and the accused person, lived together in a residence located in Tetegu, near Weija in Accra.

In 2023, the prosecution said the victim’s mother travelled to Ajumako in the Central Region to visit some family relations and left the children in the care of the accused person.

The Court heard that the accused person took advantage of the absence of his wife and had sexual intercourse with the victim.

The prosecution said the victim informed her mother upon her return.

It said the victim’s mother then summoned the accused person before some family heads, and while deliberating on the matter, Yankson admitted the offence and promised to appease the victim’s family with a sheep.

On December 26, 2023, in the evening, Yankson had another sexual intercourse with the victim.

The prosecution said the victim narrated her ordeal to the complainant and on January 4, 2024, a complainant was lodged with the Domestic Violence and Victims Support Unit, Weija Divisional Police Command, and a medical form was issued to the complainant to send the victim to hospital for examination and treatment.

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The victims told the Ghana News Agency (GNA) hours after the attack that they were also beaten for not having enough money while the driver and other occupants of the front seat were shot.

Mr Adamu Kantong, the driver, aged 56 years, who survived the gunshot, said: “I got to a pothole between Vamboi and Bandei around 1900hrs and was stopped by a man with a torchlight.”

“As I stopped, I struggled to open the driver’s door, and the next thing was the gunshot, which pierced through my middle ring and small fingers, I immediately lost control of myself,” he added.

Mr Kantong said, “The other passenger sitting in the front also had his hand damaged by the bullets before they took all our phones and every penny on us and made all of us lie down.”

Mr Kantong was rushed to the hospital where he was treated and discharged from the hospital but lost the affected figures.

He blamed the authorities for the poor state of the roads, which he said contributed to those rampant robberies.

He appealed to the communities along the robbery area to see if they found their Ghana cards, health insurance cards, driver’s licenses, and other documents that were taken away.

One of the over 40 market women who were also robbed said everything was taken away from her and that the attackers also hit her with sticks.

Two other Kia trucks that were returning from Funsi and Kojikperi markets were also robbed as well as other trucks that were returning from Ouagadougou and several motorcycles.

The Sissala East Municipal Police Commander, Superintendent Kumpe Gbele, in an interview with the GNA, said investigations on the robberies were ongoing and assured of enhanced security patrol.

Mr Gbele explained that the killing of a man in Mwanduanu was being treated as murder since no property was taken away.

In the case of a suspected robbery between Sakalo to Sakai, which led to the shooting of a student, Superintendent Gbele said it was also under investigation.

On the 25th of November 2023, a Fulbe settler in Sentie was also shot and killed in his hut, while a driver was robbed around the Sissili River close to Basisan.

“At the right time, the Police will give the public information of where they have reached with investigations”, Mr Gbele said.

Mr Gbele also admonished all drivers driving to seek police escorts irrespective of where they were going since there are enough Police officers to protect the people.

He warned that all passengers to insist on vehicles travelling with Police escort while those carrying huge sums of money to do business, should come over for free Police escort.

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Mr Kwabena Kodua Obiri Yeboah, who presided over the case, granted Kingsley Asamoah bail in the sum of GHC 30,000 with two sureties.

The matter has been adjourned to September 7, 2023.

According to the prosecution, led by Detective Chief Inspector Simon Tekpor, the complainant is a hairdresser who lives in Lartebiokorshie, and Asamoah resides in the same house.

The prosecution said the complainant has a daughter who lives with her.

It said Asamoah and the complainant had an intimate relationship during which she fell pregnant but miscarried.

Their relationship, however, ended.

However, because of the accused’s previous relationship with the complainant, the victim has been running errands for Asamoah.

The prosecution said Asamoah exploited his relationship with the victim to have sex with her behind the complainant’s back.

According to the prosecutor, on July 21, 2023, at about 2030 hours, Asamoah asked the victim to go and buy him mosquito incense.

When the victim returned with the incense, Asamoah began to fondle her and eventually had sex with her.

The victim cried after the sexual act and went to inform her mother about the ordeal.

She told her mother that that was the fifth time that Asamoah had had sex with her.

On July 22, 2023, the complainant reported the incident to the Domestic Violence and Victims Support Unit, and she was given a medical report form to take the victim to the hospital for treatment.

Asamoah was arrested after the complainant identified him.

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The LASTMA spokesperson, Olumide Filade, said the suspect was arrested on July 4 and put before a magistrate’s court.

He noted that the driver was remanded till August 2022.

The driver was arrested after a video of him defecating into his palm and throwing it at the officer went viral.

Per the video, the driver, who spoke in Yoruba, demanded his offence as he threatened to deal with the men.

He said, “What I will do to you, you will see it.”

Afterwards, he removed his clothes and briefs, exposing his private parts.

He subsequently squatted to excrete on his hand, which he put on the face of one of the officials.

Later, he dragged down and hit one of the officials who took over the driver’s seat.

The video generated mixed reactions from social media users.

The General Manager of LASTMA, Bolaji Oreagba, stated that the incident happened in March 2022 in the Maryland area of the state.

The LASTMA’s spokesperson, Filade, said the vehicle was impounded on July 4, 2022.

“The driver has been arraigned at a magistrate’s court, where he was asked to be remanded at the Potoki Custodial Centre until August when his case would come up again.

“This only goes to show that the law will not spare any violator, however unruly you are. All LASTMA is advocating is voluntary compliance,” he added.

The MP’s son, Emmanuel Boadu was also arrested for allegedly obstructing the arrest of the driver.

The driver has been charged with careless driving, while her son has been charged with Offensive Conduct.

The Jomoro MP and other family members were able to secure bail for them.

The suspects are to appear at the La Motor Court on Monday.

A mining truck driver, who was transporting explosives that were involved in an accident and later exploded at Apiate near Bogoso, in the Western Region on January 20, has finally broken his silence on the matter.

According to Alfred Pappoe, his real intention was not to kill people when the accident occurred but rather to save the residents by driving out of the town after sensing danger.

“When I was almost getting to Apiate, the town was in a bend and at that time the police escort had already negotiated the bend. I later saw a motorcycle coming from the opposite direction and immediately an Urvan bus was just close to him and trying to overtake the ‘Pragya’ and there was a motor rider behind the Urvan bus.

“The motor rider was still following the Urvan and just when the Urvan driver shifted to another lane, the motor rider lost control and two people fell from the motor and the motor was heading towards his direction as he was very close,” he said.

Mr Pappoe said at that instant it was so easy for him to avoid the motor by turning to his left but may run into the two persons who fell off the motor so he decided not to take that decision,” he recounted on Adom FM’s Kasiebo is Tasty.

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He continued: “If I turn to my left I may kill the two people but I later told myself that if the two people are safe then I need to take another lane. Unfortunately, I realised that that motor’s fuel tank had opened and started leaking under my truck and sparked the fire and touched my truck.”

Mr Pappoe said when the fire started he realised there was nothing he could do and so he decided to quickly move out of the town before it explodes.

“The town was just on the curve and when I realised there was nothing I could do, I decided to drive quickly from the town because I knew it was going to explode. That was when some of the residents started drawing closer to the truck and started shouting that the truck was on fire.

“I knew what was I doing and so I didn’t even pay attention to the residents. I wanted to just move out of the town and drive past a fuel station and get a safer place and leave the truck there to explode even though I was feeling the heat in the truck,” he added.

He said the residents were still following the truck and did not budge despite his continuous caution because they wanted to take pictures and videos of the incident.

Unfortunately, the explosives detonated and killed some of them.

The heartbroken driver, who is still nursing his wounds, said he is now out of job, stating MAXAM company where he worked paid him a month’s salary and sacked him not taking into consideration the danger he was involved in.

He, therefore, wondered why the company would sack him after risking his life without any compensation from them.

The disastrous accident at Apiate involved a DAF vehicle with registration number WR 2252-18 transporting explosives from Tarkwa to Chirano Gold Mines and a motorcycle.

The Police stated that the rider of the motorcycle from the opposite direction, collided with the vehicle on Thursday.

Daniel Hodzi was convicted on his own guilty plea before the court presided over by Her Honour Mrs Christiana Cann on his first appearance.

Hodzi was charged with defilement after he was said to have lured the girl into his room on the pretext to give her meat, and he is to serve his sentence in hard labour.

The brief facts of the case presented to the court by DSP Agnes Boafo, the prosecutor were that Complainant Irene Kyeremanteng is a trader living at Ebenezer Down, Dansoman with her daughter (name withheld) aged 6 years.

Whilst accused Daniel Hodzi, 39, is a driver.

According to the prosecutor, the complainant and accused person are co-tenants living in the same compound.

DSP Boafo said, on February 5, 2022, at about 4:30 pm whilst the complainant was doing laundry in the house, the accused lured the victim into his room under the pretext of giving her meat and had sexual intercourse with her.

The prosecutor explained that luck however eluded him when the complainant shouted the name of the victim to come and assist her while the accused was in the course of having sex with her.

The victim, DSP Boafo said then came out from the accused room crying and she narrated her ordeal in the hands of the accused to her adding that this is the fourth time the accused has done that to her.

“The complainant then undressed the victim and saw sperm-like substance on the inner part of her vagina and took photographs of it.

“Thereafter, she confronted the accused person who admitted the offence and pleaded for leniency,” the prosecutor told the court.

DSP Boafo said, “with the help of some neighbours, the accused person was arrested and handed over to the Dansoman Domestic Violence and Victims Support Unit Police and a complaint lodged against him.

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“He was re-arrested and detained for further investigations. Police medical report form was issued to the complainant to send the victim to a government hospital for endorsement and report which she did.”

According to the prosecution, in his investigation cautioned statement, he stated that he only brushed the victim’s vagina but did not penetrate her.

“After investigations, the accused was charged with the offence and arraigned before this honourable court,” the prosecutor noted.

Maxwell Akrofi, the driver of a Metro Mass Transit (MMT) bus that caught fire at Ayigya near the Tech Police station in Kumasi, has broken his silence.

The bus with about 63 passengers onboard to a prayer meeting caught fire after the ignition of the vehicle developed a fault in the middle of the journey.

They were heading to the Agya Prayer Camp, a popular prayer centre at Ejisu-Adadientem, run by the Church of Pentecost.

Though the bus with registration number GS 3611-Z was burnt beyond recognition, all the passengers escaped unhurt.

Mr Akrofi, recounting the incident, said the situation but for divine intervention and his experience over the years would have turned out differently.

According to him, they set out at about 6:00 pm while the incident occurred around 8pm.

“I smelt an unusual scent and heard a noise which came out as if the start was stuck from the engine so I pulled off and told all the passengers to get down and then checked the battery and removed it from the engine.

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“At first I thought it was an electrical fault but later realised sparks of torches beneath the engine which intensified and razed down the bus as the passengers helplessly watch on,” he narrated in an interview with Kumasi-based Akoma FM.

According to the driver, the pastor at the prayer camp had called on Saturday to say he had a vision that he had been involved in an accident and was sent to the mortuary.

“So he told me to be very careful with my passengers wherever I may find myself and asked me to see him immediately,” he recounted.

Play Mr Akrofi’s audio above:

He is expected to reappear before the court on 19th November 2021.

The driver absconded shortly after the incident, but he subsequently turned himself in and was detained.

According to the prosecutors, their preliminary investigations show that the suspect ignored warning signs from passengers and the police at a checkpoint, before the accident occurred.

He has, thus, been provisionally charged with careless and inconsiderate driving and negligently causing harm.

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The Akumadan District Police Commander, DSP Joseph Gyasi-Agyemang, spoke to Citi News after the court proceedings.

According to the Offinso North Police, the driver was on top speed as he approached a police checkpoint in Akumadan, the district capital of the Offinso North District.

Due to the speed, he could not avoid a head-on collision with a stationary Kia Rhino Truck parked at the Police checkpoint.

The Yutong Bus he was driving then caught fire after the collision, leading to six people being burnt beyond recognition while 22 others sustained varying degrees of injuries.

The driver of a Daewoo Grandbird KS bus with registration number GT 4215-17 believed to have caused an accident at Akumadan that claimed six lives has been arrested.

The accident, which occurred on Tuesday in the Offinso North District of the Ashanti Region, left six bodies charred with about 22 others injured.

But the driver, whose identity is yet-to-be-known, is said to have bolted after the horrifying incident.

Speaking in an interview with Adom News, the District Police Commander, DSP Gyasi Agyemang, disclosed he reported himself to the Ahenkro Police on Wednesday morning.

DSP Agyemang noted a team from the district has been deployed to bring him to Akumadan for a continuation of the case.

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The bus driver, who was reportedly speeding while travelling from Nandom to Kumasi, run into a Kia Rhino towing vehicle and caught fire.

This, according to police sources, was a few minutes after the driver refused to stop at a checkpoint despite being signaled.

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The armed robbers targeted and trailed the car from Kumasi to Yeji in the Bono East Region.

Upon getting to the highway, witnesses told Adom News that the robbers went out of sight, only to emerge from a bush road and started firing indiscriminately.

A bullet from their rifle hit the driver in the chest, while the car was still running on top speed.

After the driver managed to hit his brakes, the robbers are said to have raided the commercial car and dispossessed the market women of their monies.

No other death and casualties were recorded.

The body has been deposited at Yeji Mathias Hospital for preservation.

Meanwhile, Yeji Drivers Union has staged a protest against killing of their members.

The convict is said to have stolen the product at the Crystal Snow Ice Mineral Water Company situated at Dampong in the Asante Akyem South Municipal of the Ashanti Region.

The Prosecutor, Chief Inspector Peasah Birikorang, briefing the court said on Thursday, at about 10:30 pm, Yaw Opoku stole 45 litres of diesel.

It was valued at ¢273.50 from a Rhino Truck with registration number GX 159-21, a property of Crystal Snow Ice.

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He added that the accused person was a former driver at the company.

The accused pleaded guilty to the offense.

Mr Ahiadzro, charged with stealing and forgery of documents, pleaded not guilty.

The court, presided over by Ms Ama Adomako Kwakye, however, found Mr Ahiadzro guilty and sentenced him accordingly.

The convict sold the vehicle to one Pastor Solomon Fiabi of the lighthouse Chapel, who was charged with dishonestly receiving.

He was sentenced to a fine of GH₵2,400.00.

The Pastor pleaded guilty to the charge, saying Mr Ahiadzro informed him that he bought the vehicle after it had been auctioned at his work place.

Prosecuting, Sergeant Apeweh Achana, said the complainant was the GRA and that Mr Ahiadzro was a Custom Officer recruited as driver and stationed with Post Clearance Audit Unit.

Pastor Fiabi is a Minister of God and one of the pastors with Lighthouse Chapel also known as The Mega Church in Ghana.

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Sergeant Achana said Mr Ahiadzro used to be the driver in charge of Toyota land Cruiser (PRADO) with registration number GN 2904 Y.

Prosecution said during the first quarter of the year 2019, the convict allegedly fell sick and stopped coming to work.

He said in the month of August 2019, Mr Ahiadzro came to GRA head office compound and drove the said Land Cruiser out.

The prosecution said the vehicle was not brought back to the GRA compound by the convict and that on September 17, 2019, Mr Ahiadzro was invited to the office and questioned about the whereabouts of the vehicle and he denied knowing where the vehicle was.

Mr Achana said investigations revealed that Mr Ahiadzro stole the vehicle from the GRA head Office and sold same to Pastor Fiabi at the cost of GH₵20,000.00 at Kasoa in the Central Region in August 2019.

Sergeant Achana said Pastor Fiabi was traced to a Pastors Conference at Kasoa where he was asked to bring the vehicle to the Customs head office.

Prosecution said he brought the vehicle and told investigators that Mr Ahiadzro sold the vehicle to him and that he told him that the vehicle was auctioned to him from the office because it had an accident.

The prosecution said Mr Ahiadzro said he told Fiabi that the payment of the vehicle was done in installment for three years.

He said Mr Ahiadzro went ahead to forge documents of the vehicle such as the DVLA form C and the Customs declaration form.

According to the Prosecution, Mr Ahiadzro also changed the vehicle registration number from GN 2904 Y to GE 8052 Z.

It said further checks at the DVLA office at 37 revealed that the documents prepared by Mr Ahiadzro and given to Fiabi were forged.

The driver with car registration number GW 7083 – 15 crashed the car while chasing a motor rider who allegedly insulted him.

The driver for reasons not clear was instructed by his car owner, a pastor not to move the car.

However, he defied the orders and moved the car which at the time of the accident, contained a coffin meant for the burial of his mother-in-law.

He was said to have chased the rider for insulting him only to get himself almost killed.

The driver is currently in a critical condition after he suffered a fracture in his leg.

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Eric Amponsah, 27, the driver was given a three-year sentence while Siaka Alhassan 25, the mate, received a year’s sentence.

They pleaded not guilty to the charge but the court presided over by Mr Abdul Razak Musah, found them guilty after the trial.

Police Chief Inspector, Francisca Nyarko told the court that the complainant, Haruna Hamid, was a photographer, while the convicts were in charge of a Nissan Urvan bus with registration number AS 591-16.

She said on August 04, last year, at about 2040 hours, the complainant boarded their vehicle from Maakro to Kronum.

The prosecution said in the course of the journey, a misunderstanding ensued between the complainant and other passengers on board.

She said when they reached Kronum lorry station, the complainant notified the convicts to stop the vehicle to enable him to alight, but they refused.

Chief Inspector Nyarko said the complainant then forced himself out of the vehicle while it was still in motion.

Prosecution said in the process he pulled the gate and the side glass removed.

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The mate jumped out of the vehicle, attacked the complainant, and subjected him to severe beatings.

Chief Inspector Nyarko said the driver later stopped the vehicle, and also attacked the complainant with a metal object, hitting his skull which resulted in a deep cut that was bleeding profusely.

Prosecution said, the complainant also lost a tooth during the beatings.

She said a witness in the case, who came to his rescue, assisted him to the police station to lodge a complaint.

Inspector Nyarko said the complainant was issued with a medical report form to attend hospital for treatment.

The medical report form was returned endorsed by a medical officer upon which the convicts were arrested.

She said caution statements were obtained from the convicts and after thorough investigations they were charged with the offences and brought before the court.

The statement said a distress call was received from the Bibiani Police Station where the caller indicated that one Kwasi Kyei, a commercial driver plying the Bibiani-Kumasi road had been kidnapped in a Toyota Land Cruiser, heading towards the Kumasi direction.

A quick reaction led to the interception of the hired Cruiser driver with registration number GS 5646-17 driven by the suspect Kwabena Kodua and freed the victim identified as Akwasi Kyei, 31.

During the interview, police say the victim indicated he was driving a car with passengers on board when two Cruisers overtook his Sprinter bus.

In a bid to swerve the overtakers, he accidentally slammed into the rear of one of the Cruiser cars, which had Stonebwoy on board.

All the occupants on the Toyota Land Cruisers, according to the driver, allegedly pounced on the victim, assaulted him and seized the ignition key of the Sprinter bus.

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The victim has been issued with medical report form to attend the hospital for treatment.

Meanwhile, the intercepted Toyota Land Cruiser has been impounded at The Divisional Headquarters, Abuakwa while suspect Kwabena Kodua and his accomplice Darkwa Musa Damian have been detained.

Stonebwoy, however, is at large and efforts are being made to get him arrested, the statement added.

Awuku who pleaded guilty to the charges, will pay a fine of ¢600.00 in default serve six weeks imprisonment.

Prosecuting, Inspector John Baidoo said on November 30, this year, at about 2:30 pm, Awuku who was in charge of Toyota Highlander Wagon with registration number GW 3222-12 driving from Sakaman towards Odorkor along the Sakaman-Odorkor Highway in the inner lane.

Prosecution said on reaching a section of the road near Odorkor Tipper, Awuku failed to exercise due care and attention and in the process, climbed onto the Central Reservation and ran into Infinity Station Wagon with registration number GC 2525 driven by one Dr. P. R. Asman who was also moving from Odorkor to Weija.

The prosecution said extensive damage was caused to both vehicles.

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The prosecution said Dr Asman who sustained injuries was treated and discharged at the Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital.

Recall a while ago, the singer had taken to Twitter to announce he was going to be the best man at his driver’s wedding.

Well, a new photo shared on the singer’s Instagram and Twitter account shows that Davido is indeed a man of his words.

In the photo shared, the singer is pictured with the couple and some other guests who attended the beautiful ceremony.

The singer attending his driver’s wedding has left many fans impressed. Some took to Twitter to hail the singer.

See some reactions below:

His followers have since reacted to the disclosure with many of them looking at the vacant position his driver will possibly be leaving as he’s getting married.

Majority of his fans have now started putting in applications to become his next driver though its unclear if Davido will still be employing him or not.

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He tweeted:

My driver getting married… and I’m his best man, and attached a love emoji.

Check out some of the reactions below:

This comes in the wake of the Tema West MP’s decision to defend his decision to step out and monitor the ongoing voter registration exercise despite also testing positive for the virus.

Mr Ahenkorah who was discharged and asked to self-isolate at home, said he toured some registration centres in the Tema West constituency on Tuesday, June 30, 2020, to see how the process was going after knowing his status.

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His conduct, which many have described as reckless, he explained, was based on advice given by his doctors.

The MP who said he was extremely careful during his interactions with people at the centres also said he was there with his driver who has also tested positive.

“I am asymptomatic but my driver has also been tested for Covid-19 and it’s positive. He just drove me to the centre, he didn’t get out of the car with me,” he explained.

Mr Ahenkorah has since resigned following a huge public bashing he received for his action.

Iddrisu Yahya, who is said to have two cases pending before the same court, pleaded not guilty and would reappear before the court on June 17, for trial.

Detective Chief Inspector Comfort Amankwaa told the court, presided over by Mr Johnson Abbey, that the complainant is a shopkeeper at Mim, while the suspect was a driver at Nerebehi in the Atwima-Nwabiagya South Municipality.

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She said on May 5, 2020 at about 5:pm, the suspect borrowed the phone from the complainant to make a call.

The prosecution said he however bolted with the phone until May 08, when he was arrested from his hideout at Nerebehi by the Nkawie Police.

Chief Inspector Amankwaa said during interrogation the suspect admitted the offence, he was charged and brought before the court.

The incident occurred around 10am on Friday morning near the Trinity Theological Seminary in Legon, Accra.

The suspect and driver of a Ford Transit bus with registration number GR 4880-20 fled the scene after the incident.

However, his vehicle was towed to the Legon Police Station with his mate nabbed and assisting with investigations.

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The police in a tweet on Monday coupled with a photo of the suspect urged anyone with information on his whereabouts to report to the nearest police station or call their emergency numbers.

Sergeant Appiah who was pronounced dead at the 37 Military Hospital until his demise was with the Madina Unit of the Motor Transport and Traffic Department (MTTD).

Read the tweet below:

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— Ghana Police Service (@GhPoliceService) March 2, 2020

Bobrisky has revealed that the driver has shown instances of theft of which he was fired but his kind heart led her to recall the driver to duty.

Having no regard for the hands that feed him, the driver made away with her Benz cla 300 which she ordered the driver to send for repair work in a bid to fix some mechanical issues, Bobrisky alleged.

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That aside, the driver was handed N200,000 to pay for the services and other expenses on the car as well as N396,000 for general home maintenance work.

With almost N600,000 in his possession, the ‘stupid’ driver as Bobrisky described him, suddenly vanished into thin air, leaving his boss to wail in pain.

Having reported the matter to the police which still remains unsolved, the socialite did what she knows how to do best – run to Instagram to report the issue to her over 1 million followers for help.

Read her Instagram post below:

Starting with the aftermath of the issue, the driver claimed they were driven away from the Odorkor Police Station when they went there to lodge a complaint.

“On the day the incident happened, we went to Odorkor Police station to report but they sacked us and told us to lodge our complaint at the Mallam Police Station because that’s where the incident happened,” he narrated.

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According to him, in their bid to report the case at Mallam Police Station, they were arrested without given chance to present their case.

“The police had towed our car to Odorkor Station and when my mate went for a follow up and to retrieve our money from the car, he was arrested.  Likewise, I went the following day with a hospital form but they ignored and went ahead to arrest me for fighting their colleague,” he added.

Speaking on Accra-based TV3, monitored by Adomonline, he disclosed the video that went viral exposed them to serious beatings by police officers when they were behind bars.

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“The video went viral the next day so everyone knew our story; the police officers who recognised us will insult and beat us. We were sent to the police headquarters where we were beaten with handcuffs.

“They then moved us to anti-robbery office were the beatings continued  till our faces became swollen.At that point I knew I had come face to face with death,” he said.

According to Mr Buabeng, the police officer they assaulted came to his cell and threatened to have him imprisoned at the Nsawam Prison.

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Samuel Agbotse, campaign coordinator for Amnesty International, reacting to the issue, advocated for an independent Police commission that will adjudicate issues concerning police and civilians objectively.

“Will you trust the police to investigate themselves and punish perpetrators; is it possible?  There are few instances where they have done a good job but majority of complaints, we don’t see the outcome that’s why we are calling for an independent police commission,” he said.

The family of a 33-year-old driver, who was allegedly butchered by six men claiming to be police officers, say Kofi Ampoma was killed an innocent man.

Brother of the deceased, Mark Kankan Boadu on Adom TV’s morning show, Badwam‘ insists his brother was not a criminal.

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“These so-called police officers treated my brother like an armed robber. He was mishandled and mercilessly beaten for a long period which resulted in his death the following morning.

“About six police officers with three in uniform stormed the area for an operation and had an altercation with my brother, restrained him to the ground, kicked and punched him in the face before some of the officers started butchering him with a machete,” he narrated.

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Mr Ampoma, popularly known as ‘Barluso’, passed on at Adomfe in Asante Akyem South, Ashanti Region on Tuesday, October 15.

Mr Boadu said the family is devastated by the development. He said though the family demands a forensic investigation into the matter, they don’t trust the police to do a good job.

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The Ashanti Regional Command has summoned the Konongo District Commander and the police officers involved to Kumasi and they are expected to appear before them Thursday morning.

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The accused, Innocent Anyomi, alias Efo, pleaded guilty and will reappear before the court presided over by Mr Eric Baah Boateng on Thursday August 22, 2019.

Prosecuting, Detective Sergeant Joseph Kwadwo Agyare told the court that, the complainant Michael Asante and the accused reside at Bekwai Number 5 and Jantimah all suburbs of Samreboi.

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On 5 July, 2019, at 2020 hours, the complainant was on his way to Samreboi Burma Camp and on reaching Jantimah junction he saw the accused person few meters ahead of him.

When the complainant was about to by-pass the accused he shoved him and his mobile phone fell in the process.

The complainant then comfronted Anyomi and he became offended and a quarrel ensued between them.

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Detective Sergeant Agyare said when the complainant bent to pick up his phone from the ground, the accused hit him with an object which resulted in a deep cut on his head.

The prosecution said the complainant reported the matter to the police and a medical form was issued to him to seek medical attention.

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According to Detective Sergeant Agyare the form was endorsed by a medical officer and returned to police.

Anyomi was arrested and after thorough investigation he was charged and arraigned before court.

Source: GNA

A taxi driver has been found dead ten days after he went missing at Asante Mampong in the Ashanti region.

In an interview with Adom News, a relative said his p3nis, tongue and teeth were missing when the body was found in Ninting on the Mampong –Kumasi Road.

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He noted that, his assailants hired his services to an unknown destination and never returned.

They were however informed about a body found in the area and when they rushed to the scene, they noticed it was their brother.

The matter has since been reported to the police.

The incident occurred on Sunday at about 1:30 pm, a few hours after the Freedom Embassy Worldwide Church had ended its service.

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The driver of the bus is said to be suffering from epilepsy and was suddenly ailed by the sickness, thereby losing control of the vehicle in the process.

He nearly killed a barber named Mawuli who was standing by the road.

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Some passengers in the vehicle with registration number AS 1889 – 14, two of whom got injured, said the driver suddenly started shivering prior to the accident.

An elderly woman, Rita Akufo-Boafo, who was also in the car collapsed in the process.

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The driver was rushed to a nearby hospital in a taxi cab after the bus had badly smashed the fence wall of the church.

Founder and General Overseer of the Freedom Embassy Worldwide Church, Rev. John Asiedu, summoned the Mile 7 Police Command to the accident scene.

However, he was told to take the victims to the hospital and tow the vehicle to the police station himself, a situation he described as unprofessional on the part of the police.

The driver, Pinehad Oko Chartey, 29, was the only surviving occupant of the Jeep that had dancehall artiste, Priscilla Opoku Kwarteng known in showbiz as Ebony, her 27-year-old friend, Francisca Nkansah Kuure, and 29-year-old Lance Corporal Vondee Atsu Francis aboard.

Information from police wireless message which has been intercepted by the media has pointed to careless and inconsiderate driving as the cause of the accident.

The wireless message also stated that the suspect driver, Pinehad Chartey, is on police enquiry bail while investigations continue.

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It narrated that Pinehad was driving the Jeep with registration number AS 497-16 from Sunyani to Accra with the three others on board, while suspect driver, Mohammed Abubakar, aged 48, was also driving a KIA Grand Bird (VIP) with registration number GT 3232-17 from Accra to Sunyani with a set of passengers on board.

It said upon reaching a section of the road between Nyamebekyere and Nsuta, there was a heap of sand in the lane of the Jeep which was being used for road maintenance, and the driver in his bid to avoid running into the sand, swerved onto the opposite lane and grazed the near side portion of the bus, plunging into the railings on the edge of the road.

While the three other occupants of the Jeep could not survive, all passengers aboard the VIP bus escaped unhurt.

Bodies of the deceased persons have since been deposited at the Bechem Government Hospital for preservation.

The death of the three, most notably the music icon, Ebony, has reignited the debate on poor road infrastructure across the country, and why successive governments have failed in their numerous promises to either tar or rehabilitate them.

Kofi Yeboah pleaded guilty and asked that the court dealt leniently with him because he was forced to commit the crime by economic hardship.

Police Detective, Chief Inspector Birikorang Peasah, told the court, presided over by Mr. Yusif Assibey that, the incident happened at Juansa on October 18, 2017.

The victim, Ms. Felecia Owusu, had closed from her shop and was on her way to the house at about 2230 hours, when the convict suddenly emerged from nowhere, drew a knife and forcibly seized a handbag she was carrying.

It contained cash of GH¢ 1,050.00, Nokia phone, flashlight and a pair of ladies purse and Yeboah fled with it.

Ms. Owusu, who took a good look at her attacker, identified him to the police and he was arrested.

The suspect, 48-year-old Samuel Larbi driving the bus with registration number GW-1521-Y reportedly hit Jerimaya Noyaba who was on his motorbike, dragged him across two lanes and then speeds off without stopping.

The victim, a 32-year-old teacher an interview with Adom News Northern regional correspondent, Illiasu Abdul Rauf said he is still alive for wearing a helmet.

He indicated that the bus driver also committing the heinous crime fled the scene, leaving him with life threatening injuries

Jeremiah Noyaba who is currently on admission at the Kpandai government hospital said but the help of some Good Samaritan in the area, he would have been dead by now.

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Also, Kpandai Police Commander, ASP Francis Akwasi Asante confirmed this unfortunate incident to Adom News Sunday.

He said the suspect refused to stop to help send the victim to the hospital but rather drove off and went into hiding until his arrest.

ASP Akwasi Asante said the suspect has admitted to hitting something but insist it was not a human being.

He said they have taken his statement waiting for the victim to recover to his side of the story before investigation will begin.

 Listen to ASP Asante

He pleaded guilty and was convicted on his own plea.

Prosecuting, Police Chief Inspector Faustina Celestina Anaman, told the court that on December 13, last year, the convict was driving a Kia Rio taxi cab with registration number GE 8857-16 from Asankrangwa towards Dunkwa with passengers on board.

On reaching a section of the road, Prosecution said Abdulai knocked down Francis Ganyo, aged 36, who crossed the road from the left side to the right.

She said Abdulai conveyed Ganyo to the Catholic Hospital at Asankragwa in his vehicle for treatment, but he died the following day while on admission.

Chief Inspector Anaman said on December 23, last year, the convict was arraigned before the District Magistrate’s Court in Asankrangwa and was sentenced to a fine 840 Ghana cedis for careless and inconsiderate driving, which he paid.

She said a duplicate docket was, however, prepared and forwarded to the Attorney General’s Office at Sekondi for study and advice in respect to the deceased.

Prosecution said a letter was received from the Law Office with the advice to charge the accused person with the offence.

Vice Chairman for Gomoa Akotsi – Ojobi bus station, Francis Opoku who disclosed the incident to Adom News’ Kofi Adjei said the police officer stationed at Senya Breku but on duty at the Kasoa police station subjected the taxi driver to severe beating after the driver failed to give him GHC100 he requested.

The police officer, he noted was demanding GHC100 from the driver for wrongful parking but the driver failed to give out the money.

“The police officer demanded money from the driver which he refused and then after some few minutes, the police officer came back to beat the driver mercilessly” he said.

The victim, he noted is currently receiving treatment at the hospital.

Meanwhile, some of angry taxi drivers who stormed the Gomoa Ojobi police station have threatened to beat up the police officer if the IGP fails to sanction him duly.

“If the matter isn’t settled properly we will take the matter into our own hands and deal with the police man. We know him and he is fond of that behavior. He is just like a police armed robber. He should be dealt with otherwise we will do it to him next time we see him…” they warned.

The Ojobi district Police Commander, ASP David Osei Foffie told Kofi Adjei his outfit has begun investigations into the matter and promised justice will be served.

Apam Police Commander, ASP Cephas Adjeani who disclosed this on Adom FM’s Morning Show, “Dwaso Nsem” Monday, said the driver of the Ford bus escaped from the scene of the accident which occurred at 16:15 GMT on Sunday at Gomoa Mprumeim was later arrested at Mowire Junction.

The accident involved a sprinter bus and an articulated truck with registration number, GE 3282-X which was traveling from Accra towards the Cape Coast end of the main Accra- Takoradi highway.

The 14 people made up of 12 females and two males were among the passengers on board the sprinter bus with registration number GM 1129-16 which was heading towards Accra from the Cape Coast end of the road.

The bodies have been deposited at the Central Regional hospital morgue.

The accident is said to have happened when the driver of the articulated truck lost control of the steering wheel thereby veering into the lane of the oncoming sprinter bus resulting in a head-on collision.

It took the police and the fire service several hours to get the passengers out of the mini bus as they got trapped in there after the car had tumbled several times.

ASP Cephas Adjeani said one person who was receiving treatment at Apam hospital has been confirmed dead bringing the death toll to 15.

Eleven people he noted are in critical condition at the Apam and Winneba Government hospitals.

He said investigations have begun to ascertain the cause of the accident.

ASP Cephas Adjeani therefore called on road users to observe traffic regulations to help end the numerous accidents in the region.

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source: Ghana/Adomonline.com/Dorcas Abedu- Kennedy