One of the two female students of the University of Ghana, Legon, who died in a fatal accident at Okponglo on the Legon/Madina Highway, has been confirmed to be the daughter of a former Minister of State.
Former Minister for Lands, Mines and Forestry during the erstwhile Kufuor administration, Prof Dominic Fobih, confirmed in a telephone interview that the late Lordina was his daughter.
The visibly distraught Prof Fobih, who is also the Assin South NPP MP, however stopped short of saying anything further.
Lordina Fobih and her classmate, Derby Akosua Denkyira Benaye, both 19, and former students of Holy Child School in Cape Coast, died instantly in the accident that occurred in the early hours of Friday morning, around 1.30am.
The two girls died on the Spot after a garbage truck traveling from Madina to Accra run into their taxi cab heading to the University.
Both Lordina Fobih and Ms. Debbie Akosua Benaya are all level hundred students of the university
An eyewitness recounted to Radio XYZ that “the traffic light was showing amber continuously. The taxi was moving from Okponglo to the University of Ghana and the Garbage truck was moving from Madina to Accra so at the traffic light both did not stop.”
“As a result, the truck hit the side of the taxi and rammed it into one of the traffic lights”.
The driver of the taxi cab survived the accident and is receiving treatment after he sustained some serious injuries. He has also been put in the custody of the Police.
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