Friday 13th December, 2019
By
Erica Apeatua Addo, GNA
Enchi (WN/R),
December 13, GNA – A head on collision by a Benz bus with registration number
GR 7865-B and a rickshaw on the Enchi-Dadieso road in the Aowin constituency of
the Western North Region has led to the death of a 50-year-old woman.
The deceased, Elizabeth
Yaa Esuah, died on the spot and three persons who survived the accident are
receiving medical attention at the Enchi government hospital.
Superintendent of
Police Samuel Sando Latebu, District Police Commander for Enchi confirmed the
incident to the Ghana News Agency.
He said around 1930
hours on Sunday, the Enchi Police Command had a distress call that a Mercedes
Benz bus belonging to Great Ficab School located at Fanti Newtown, a suburb of
Enchi was involved in an accident with a rickshaw on the Enchi Dadieso Highway.
Superintendent
Latebu said when he led a team of police men to the accident scene, preliminary
investigations conducted revealed that the Mercedes Benz bus was journeying to
Yakasi community near Enchi, while the rickshaw with registration number
N-18-AS5963 was also travelling from the opposite direction veered into the
lane of the Mercedes Benz bus and the driver in an attempt to avoid the crash
rammed into the rickshaw.
Superintendent
Latebu said Elizabeth died on the spot and the remaining three passengers who
sustained injuries were sent to the Enchi government hospital for treatment and
the deceased’s body was also deposited at the morgue awaiting autopsy.
The District
Commander lamented the conduct of the rickshaw operators within the
municipality as abysmal.
He warned that the
police would deal with any rider or driver who violates the Road Traffic Act,
adding that, “this is part of our strategy to ensure accident free before,
during and after the Yuletide”.
GNA
