{"id":445740,"date":"2017-12-11T09:11:37","date_gmt":"2017-12-11T09:11:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2017\/12\/11\/soldiers-in-fatal-crash-at-pong-tamale\/"},"modified":"2017-12-11T09:11:37","modified_gmt":"2017-12-11T09:11:37","slug":"soldiers-in-fatal-crash-at-pong-tamale","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/12\/11\/soldiers-in-fatal-crash-at-pong-tamale\/","title":{"rendered":"Soldiers in fatal crash at Pong-Tamale"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"medsection1\">\n<!-- End of html generated by this->header() --><\/p>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">General News of Monday, 11 December 2017<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>todaygh.com<\/p>\n<p>2017-12-11<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-left\">\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/53244538.295.jpg\" alt=\"Accident File\" title=\"Accident File\" width=\"295\" height=\"156\" \/><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>One soldier died in the accident<\/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\/1512983497_562_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\"> One soldier has been confirmed dead and several others in critical condition after a military vehicle carrying soldiers on a mission was hit by a commercial truck loaded with foodstuff at Pong-Tamale on the Tamale-Bolga expressway in the Northern Region.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to journalists, Spokesperson for the Ghana Armed Forces (GAF) in the region, Captain N. Asamoah, confirmed the fatal crash.<\/p>\n<p>He explained that  the soldiers were deployed as reinforcement to Bawku in the Upper East Region to maintain law and order as preparations were underway for the celebration of the Damba Festival by chiefs and people of the war-torn community.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe soldiers from the Bawah Barracks were on their way to an official duty when the truck No: ER 1594- C, loaded with foodstuff from Walewale, veered off and plunged into the military vehicle which was carrying the soldiers,\u201d he narrated.<\/p>\n<p>The soldiers aboard the military vehicle No. 47GA, according to him, were; WO II Anokye Jackson, I\/c Cpl. Fletcher, L \/Cpl. E. Amoako, L\/ Cpl. Sackitey Evans, L\/Cpl. Kyeremeh Joseph, L\/Cpl. Obeng Addo, Pte. Ngissah Richard, Pte. Adika Blessing, Pte. Ntim Joseph including the driver, L\/ Cpl. Ibrahim Alhassan.<\/p>\n<p>All the soldiers including the suspected driver, he said, were initially found with various degrees of injury and were sent to the Savelugu Municipal Hospital.<\/p>\n<p>He said, unfortunately, one of the officers died en route.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey were referred to the Tamale Teaching Hospital where they are currently receiving treatment and the body of the deceased has been kept at the facility for autopsy,\u201d Capt. Asamoah said.<\/p>\n<p>He said the injured officers were expected to be airlifted to the military hospital in the capital city for further treatment.<\/p>\n<p>The cause of the crash, he indicated, was still under investigations.<\/p>\n<p><!-- uploaded by: 55 updated by: -1 --><\/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 Monday, 11 December 2017 Source: todaygh.com 2017-12-11 One soldier died in the accident One soldier has been confirmed dead and several others in critical condition after a military vehicle carrying soldiers on a mission was hit by a commercial truck loaded with foodstuff at Pong-Tamale on the Tamale-Bolga expressway in the Northern [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":403097,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-445740","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-local-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.8 - 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