{"id":444294,"date":"2017-12-06T14:10:58","date_gmt":"2017-12-06T14:10:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2017\/12\/06\/chaos-on-tema-motorway-as-gas-tanker-crashes\/"},"modified":"2017-12-06T14:10:58","modified_gmt":"2017-12-06T14:10:58","slug":"chaos-on-tema-motorway-as-gas-tanker-crashes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/12\/06\/chaos-on-tema-motorway-as-gas-tanker-crashes\/","title":{"rendered":"Chaos on Tema motorway as gas tanker crashes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"medsection1\">\n<!-- End of html generated by this->header() --><\/p>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">General News of Wednesday,  6 December 2017<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>Starrfmonline.com <\/p>\n<p>2017-12-06<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-left\">\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/82490107.295.jpg\" alt=\"Gas Tanker Overturns K\" title=\"Gas Tanker Overturns K\" width=\"295\" height=\"198\" \/><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>File photo<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"noPrint\">\n<div id=\"537626303\" style=\"width:300;height:250;margin:0;padding:0\">\n<p>\t\t  <noscript><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" name=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" src=\"http:\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/afr?auid=537626303&amp;cb=151125817929577\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\"><a href=\"\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/rc?cs=b2ad7fa7fd&amp;cb=151125817929577\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/1512569458_471_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\"> A gas tanker Wednesday morning crashed on the Accra-Tema motorway stretch with gas leaking onto the street causing fear and panic among drivers and road users.<\/p>\n<p>However, the quick response of the Ghana National Fire Service managed to prevent any possible disaster that could have happened after the tanker overturned.<\/p>\n<p>The situation reportedly caused chaos on the Motorway resulting in a severe traffic jam on the Accra-Tema stretch of the Motorway.<\/p>\n<p>Deputy Public Relations Officer of the Ghana National Fire Service, Prince Billy Anaglate stated that the situation was immediately brought under control after they received a distress call Wednesday morning.<\/p>\n<p>He added that personnel from the GNFS managed to seal the valve of the gas tanker and prevent the gas which was leaking from causing any disaster.<\/p>\n<p>The tanker has since been transported to the Tanker Yard in Tema, Mr. Anaglate disclosed on Morning Starr.<\/p>\n<p><!-- uploaded by: 33 updated by: 55 --><\/p>\n<p><!-- Start of html generated by this->footer() -->\n<\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a style=\"display:none\" rel=\"follow\" href=\"http:\/\/megatheme.ir\/\" title=\"\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633\">\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>General News of Wednesday, 6 December 2017 Source: Starrfmonline.com 2017-12-06 File photo A gas tanker Wednesday morning crashed on the Accra-Tema motorway stretch with gas leaking onto the street causing fear and panic among drivers and road users. 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