\n
The vehicle believed to have knocked down the police officer<\/strong><\/p>\nA
\nDAF truck with registration number GE 7562-14 has reportedly ran over a police
\nofficer with the Motor Transport and Traffic Department (MTTD) killing him in
\nthe process in Kintampo in the Bono East Region<\/p>\n
The
\nofficer has been identified as Inspector Foster Ampomah. The unfortunate incident
\noccurred at a checkpoint at Nante Zongo along the Kintampo-Jema highway.<\/p>\n
According
\nto reports, the policeman who was on duty in the early hours of Friday had
\nsignaled the driver of the truck, Awudu Sumaila, 30, to stop but the signal was
\nignored leading to the unfortunate incident.<\/p>\n
The
\ntruck was heading towards Kumasi in the Ashanti Region
\nfrom Bolgatanga in the Upper East Region.<\/p>\n
The
\nKintampo Divisional Police Commander, Assistant Superintendent of Police (ACP)
\nJoseph Gyau Antwi, who confirmed the incident to the media, said the officer
\nwas rushed to the hospital where he was pronounced dead on arrival.<\/p>\n
The
\nsad incident has increased the number of traffic officers who have been killed
\nin the line of duty to three within two weeks. <\/p>\n
Inspector
\nAmponsah\u2019s death follows the killing of Sergeant Michael Dzeamesi and Lance
\nCorporal Mohammed Awal at Gomoa Buduburam, near Kasoa in the Central Region.
\nThe two were shot dead by occupants of a vehicle they accosted after they
\n(occupants of the vehicle) refused to pay heed to their signal to stop.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile
\nthe driver, Awudu Sumaila, and the mate of the truck have been arrested by the
\npolice to assist in investigation while the body of the policeman has been
\ndeposited at the Kintampo Hospital morgue pending further investigations.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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