{"id":449038,"date":"2017-12-21T14:49:42","date_gmt":"2017-12-21T14:49:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2017\/12\/21\/police-gcb-driver-die-in-bullion-van-crash-at-kwahu\/"},"modified":"2017-12-21T14:49:42","modified_gmt":"2017-12-21T14:49:42","slug":"police-gcb-driver-die-in-bullion-van-crash-at-kwahu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/12\/21\/police-gcb-driver-die-in-bullion-van-crash-at-kwahu\/","title":{"rendered":"Police, GCB Driver die in Bullion van crash at Kwahu"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"medsection1\">\n<!-- End of html generated by this->header() --><\/p>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">General News of Thursday, 21 December 2017<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>citifmonline.com<\/p>\n<p>2017-12-21<\/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\/43467779.295.jpg\" alt=\"Police GCB Accident\" title=\"Police GCB Accident\" width=\"295\" height=\"161\" \/><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>The police officer and the GCB driver were pronounced dead on arrival at Atibie Government Hospital<\/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\/1513867782_430_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\">Two persons have been confirmed dead in an accident at Kwahu Tafo in the Eastern Region.<\/p>\n<p>The two, a police officer with the Nkawkaw District, and a driver of GCB, were pronounced dead on arrival at the Atibie Government Hospital.<\/p>\n<p>Confirming the accident to Citi News, the Eastern Regional Police Public Relations Officer, ASP Ebenezer Tetteh, stated that the Police is yet to ascertain what actually caused the accident.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOn 20th December 2017 at about 9:45am, a Ghana Commercial Bank Nissan pick-up vehicle with registration number GN 8556-15 driven by Paul Koranteng 43 years, together with three other persons on board including two Police personnel from Nkawkaw, namely Cpl. Nathaniel Afriyie Marfo and Cpl. Frederick Addai, were on specific duty from Nkawkaw to Donkorkrom, and on reaching a section of Kwahu Tafo \u2013 Adawso motor road, the vehicle veered from its lane into the opposite lane, and in the process collided with a Mercedes Benz bus with registration number GT- 724 F driven by a driver yet to be identified\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOccupants of both vehicles however sustained injuries and were rushed to Kwahu Government Hospital, Atibie, for medical treatment.<\/p>\n<p>But on reaching the hospital, one Police officer, Cpl. Nathaniel Afriyie Marfo, together with the GCB Driver, Paul Koranteng, were pronounced dead on arrival by the Medical Doctor on duty.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The bodies have been deposited at the Atibie Hospital morgue awaiting autopsy, while the accident vehicles are yet to be towed to the station for further investigation.<\/p>\n<p>ASP Ebenezer Tetteh added that, the money on board the bullion vehicle was successfully retrieved.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnother bullion vehicle escorted by Police personnel from Nkwakwa was immediately dispatched to the scene to retrieve the money from the Bullion vehicle in the accident. 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