On Tuesday, November, 2nd 6people have been burnt to death and 16 others severely injured at Akomadan Police Barrier off the Offinso -Nkenkaasu road in the Ashanti Region around 4: 30 am.
This happened following the tragedy that took place on Monday, November 1st where 17people died and 16 others were injured in an accident at the Offinso Abafour road.
A bus loaded with passengers from Techiman heading to Kumasi crashed into a Kia truck and the bus caught fire.
The bus with the registration number GT 4215-17 crashed into a parked Kia towing car with the registration number GT6983-12
The Akomadan District Police Commander, Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) Emmanuel Gyasi Agyeman, confirmed on a local radio station and explained that the accident took place at dawn.
DSP Gyasi said “about 25 were able to escape but five of them were trapped and burnt beyond recognition”
According to the passengers, some alighted at the Techiman, Kintampo, and other places along the road so it was not a fully loaded bus.
DSP Agyeman said the driver was alleged to be speeding because “my men” flashed him to stop at the checked point but he refused.
According to the police, “some of the passengers even said they got angry with him for reckless driving, so a few meters after the checkpoint, he ran into the truck”
“We can say for a fact because they could see the bodies from the vehicles. At the time the fire service was able to quench the fire, the five people had been burnt.
