{"id":463100,"date":"2018-02-09T19:05:17","date_gmt":"2018-02-09T19:05:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2018\/02\/09\/ebony-car-crash-linked-to-heap-of-sand-left-by-road-contractor\/"},"modified":"2018-02-09T19:05:17","modified_gmt":"2018-02-09T19:05:17","slug":"ebony-car-crash-linked-to-heap-of-sand-left-by-road-contractor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2018\/02\/09\/ebony-car-crash-linked-to-heap-of-sand-left-by-road-contractor\/","title":{"rendered":"Ebony car crash linked to heap of sand left by road contractor"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"medsection1\">\n<!-- End of html generated by this->header() --><\/p>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">General News of Friday,  9 February 2018<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>Myjoyonline.com <\/p>\n<p>2018-02-09<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-left\">\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/64029401.295.jpg\" alt=\"Ebony Heap\" title=\"Ebony Heap\" width=\"295\" height=\"166\" \/><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>The heap, believed to be for the construction of the road had been left over a month ago at the Mank<\/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=151125813973067\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\"><a href=\"\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/rc?cs=b2ad7fa7fd&amp;cb=151125813973067\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/1518203117_403_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\"> The fatal car crash that killed music star Ebony Reigns has been linked to a heap of sand, left there by a road contractor.<\/p>\n<p>The heap, believed to be for the construction of the road had been left over a month ago at the Mankranso stretch of the Kumasi- Sunyani road where the fatal accident occurred.<\/p>\n<p>Reconstructing what may have occurred late Thursday night, Luv FM&#8217;s Erastus Asare Donkor observed that the Mankranso section of the road is full of potholes.<\/p>\n<p>He described two of them as &#8220;gullies&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>Ebony and three others- a friend, driver, and bodyguard &#8211; were traveling on the left side from the far end in this picture.<\/p>\n<p>Erastus Asare Donkor reported Ebony&#8217;s driver may have suddenly encountered a small bank of sand on the left side of the dark road Thursday night and decided to dodge it.<\/p>\n<p>His attempt to suddenly swerve the bump, brought the car into a direct collision with a VIP bus in the other lane.<\/p>\n<p>If the driver had turned to the right, he would have fallen off the road and into a deep ditch.<\/p>\n<p>The Cherokee which had Ebony in, together with three other occupants was mangled particular at the passenger side. The sole survivor and driver is in critical condition.<\/p>\n<p>Ahafo Ano South District Chief Executive (DCE) Joseph Agyeman Dapaah explained, there have been so many accidents on that part of the road.<\/p>\n<p>He said he has complained to the Regional Highway Authority to attend to the terrible state of the road.<\/p>\n<p>At least a month ago, his calls yielded results after he saw a heap of sand which he believes was deposited there by a road contractor.<\/p>\n<p>He said he did not know the road contractor nor was he informed by the Regional Highway Authority.<\/p>\n<p>Even after Ebony&#8217;s accident, a trailer carrying blocks crashed into another vehicle as it tried to avoid the sandy bump, Asare Donkor reported.<\/p>\n<p>Before Ebony&#8217;s death, an old woman was also knocked down after a driver tried to swerve some potholes on the same stretch.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/38162132.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/64029401.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p><!-- uploaded by: 31 updated by: 31 --><\/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 Friday, 9 February 2018 Source: Myjoyonline.com 2018-02-09 The heap, believed to be for the construction of the road had been left over a month ago at the Mank The fatal car crash that killed music star Ebony Reigns has been linked to a heap of sand, left there by a road contractor. 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