Road accident claims five lives, injures 12

Five people have perished, with 12 others sustaining various degrees of injuries, in a fatal accident that occurred at Wakrom near Yamoransa on the Cape Coast-Accra Highway on Monday afternoon.   

The incident occurred when a DAF truck with the registration number AW 9548-13, loaded with 700 bags of rice collided with an Accra-bound Toyota Hiace passenger vehicle registered as GC9728-21, resulting in the fatalities and injuries.   

Fortunately, before the Ghana National Fire Service (GNFS) rescue team arrived at the scene, twelve of the victims were rescued by the people around and rushed to the Biriwa Polyclinic, but one person was later confirmed dead.   

DOII Abdul Wasiu Hudu, the Central Regional Public Relations Officer of the GNFS, told the Ghana News Agency (GNA) that the rescue team arrived at the scene at 14:59 hours and extricated the remaining five victims from the wreckage.   

Four of them were, however, pronounced dead at the hospital, while one critically injured victim was also receiving treatment at the Biriwa Polyclinic.   

The driver and the mate of the DAF Truck escaped unhurt.   

The incident caused heavy traffic on the busy highway as emergency services worked to save lives and clear the scene.   

Source: GNA   

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