{"id":463922,"date":"2018-02-13T11:13:26","date_gmt":"2018-02-13T11:13:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2018\/02\/13\/taifa-junction-road-crash-leaves-six-dead-scores-injured\/"},"modified":"2018-02-13T11:13:26","modified_gmt":"2018-02-13T11:13:26","slug":"taifa-junction-road-crash-leaves-six-dead-scores-injured","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2018\/02\/13\/taifa-junction-road-crash-leaves-six-dead-scores-injured\/","title":{"rendered":"Taifa Junction road crash leaves six dead, scores injured"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/10921873.295.jpg\" alt=\"Taifa Crash\" title=\"Taifa Crash\" width=\"295\" height=\"221\" \/><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>It&#8217;s reported six people died on the spot whiles injured victims have been conveyed to the 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\/2018\/02\/1518520406_38_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\">Six passengers are feared dead with scores injured after a Sprinter bus lost control and crashed into a concrete at Taifa Junction in Accra, Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>Some passengers were reportedly trapped in the bus for a while but personnel from the Ghana Fire Service and Police Motor and Traffic Department (MTTD) arrived promptly at the scene and cut through the mangled vehicle to free them.<\/p>\n<p>It is not yet clear what caused the Sprinter travelling to Accra from Ofankor to lose control, however, Myjoyonline.com&#8217;s Jerry Tsatro-Mordy, suspects the 23-seater vehicle may have burst a tyre.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Emergency service workers struggled to free trapped passengers, reports indicate. <\/p>\n<p>The deceased have been conveyed to the mortuary, police confirm.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Adom News&#8217; Joshua Kulenu reported that the driver of the Sprinter bus sustained a severe head injury and an ambulance was at the scene to convey the injured to the hospital.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;A passenger who spoke to Kulenu said the driver was on phone when the incident occurred,&#8221; reports Adomfmonline.com<\/p>\n<p>Reports indicate that there is chaos on the road close Taifa Junction on the Ofankor-Achimota stretch.<\/p>\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>It&#8217;s reported six people died on the spot whiles injured victims have been conveyed to the hospital Six passengers are feared dead with scores injured after a Sprinter bus lost control and crashed into a concrete at Taifa Junction in Accra, Tuesday. 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