Three people have lost their lives after a devastating head-on collision between an Accra–Bawku-bound VVIP bus and a Toyota Sienta commercial vehicle near Zebilla in the Upper East Region.
The accident occurred in the early hours of Saturday at Saka, a community in the Bawku West District.
Accra-based Channel One News reported that the Toyota Sienta, with registration number UE 302-25, was travelling from Bawku towards Bolgatanga when it collided with the oncoming VVIP bus en route to Bawku.
The impact of the crash claimed the lives of three people, including the driver of the Toyota Sienta, who was popularly known among colleagues and passengers as “P Pant.”
Several other passengers sustained varying degrees of injuries and were rushed to the Bawku West District Hospital in Zebilla for treatment. The bodies of the deceased have been deposited at the hospital morgue pending identification and further investigations.
Sources close to the incident revealed that “P Pant” had only recently purchased the vehicle and began operating commercially from his station just last month, making his death particularly heartbreaking for family members, friends and colleagues.
The identities of the other deceased victims have not yet been released by authorities.
Police are expected to investigate the circumstances leading to the collision as residents and commuters continue to call for greater caution on the stretch, which has witnessed a number of serious accidents in recent years.
Source: Adomonline.com
