{"id":463320,"date":"2018-02-10T21:11:02","date_gmt":"2018-02-10T21:11:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2018\/02\/10\/ebonys-death-sue-road-contractor-asepa\/"},"modified":"2018-02-10T21:11:02","modified_gmt":"2018-02-10T21:11:02","slug":"ebonys-death-sue-road-contractor-asepa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2018\/02\/10\/ebonys-death-sue-road-contractor-asepa\/","title":{"rendered":"Ebony\u2019s death: Sue road contractor \u2014 ASEPA"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"medsection1\">\n<!-- End of html generated by this->header() --><\/p>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">General News of Saturday, 10 February 2018<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>classfmonline.com<\/p>\n<p>2018-02-10<\/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\/38162132.295.jpg\" alt=\"Ebony Heap3\" title=\"Ebony Heap3\" width=\"295\" height=\"166\" \/><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>Ebony&#8217;s accident has been blamed on a heap of sand left on the road by a contractor<\/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\/1518297062_4_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\"> The Alliance for Social Equity &amp; Public Accountability (ASEPA) is calling for the prosecution of the contractor involved in rehabilitating the road on which a heap of sand caused an accident that killed dancehall artiste Ebony Reigns and two others on Thursday night.<\/p>\n<p>Ebony, 20, born Priscilla Opoku Kwarteng, died with the two others around 11:45PM at Nyame Bekyere near Mankranso in the Ahafo Ano South District of the Ashanti Region.<\/p>\n<p>According to police report, on reaching a section of the road between Nyamebekyere and Nsuta, there was a heap of sand in the lane of Ebony\u2019s Jeep, and her driver, in trying to avoid running into the sand, swerved onto the opposite lane and grazed the nearside portion of a VIP bus and plunged into the railings at the edge of the road, killing the music star as well as Francisca Nkansah Kuri, aged 27 years; and Lance Corporal Vondee Francis Atsu, aged 29 years.<\/p>\n<p>ASPEA, in a statement, said: \u201cThe contractor must be arrested and charged with man slaughter\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Ministry of Roads \u2026 must also be sued for failing to play their supervisory role in the construction\u201d, ASEPA said in the statement signed by Executive Secretary Mensah Thompson.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/content.jwplatform.com\/players\/uySOXmQb-GtVgZhNx.html\" width=\"600\" height=\"350\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"auto\" allowfullscreen=\"\" style=\"position:absolute;\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"350\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/2UqQWKQ5iEo\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; 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