Dompoase (C/R), Jan.
14, GNA – It took close to seven hours for Personnel of the Central Region Fire
Service to rescue some victims of a gory accident that occurred at Dompoase
near Komenda in the wee-hours of Tuesday as the vehicles involved in the
accident were mangled.
The accident, which
involved two 60-seater passenger buses travelling from the opposite direction,
claimed the lives of thirty-four persons including; a baby and the personnel
had a tough time removing the victims.
Twenty-nine people
died on the spot, while five others were pronounced dead on arrival at the
hospital.
They are made up of
20 male adults, 11 female adults, two children of both sex aged about eight
years and a baby.
However, 59 others,
some with life threatening injuries are receiving treatment at the Cape Coast
Teaching and University of Cape Coast Hospitals, where the medical teams worked
to save lives when the GNA got there at 0830 hours.
It was a heart
wrenching sight as children under ten years searched in vain for their parents.
Ms. Elsie Ayoka, a
nurse at the UCC Hospital told the GNA that nine people were brought to the
hospital, but four of them with minor injuries were treated and discharged.
Assistant Division
Officer (I), Abdul Wasiu Hudu, Central Regional Public Relations officer of the
Ghana National Fire Service (GNFS) who confirmed the incident to the GNA said
the tragic incident occurred around 1210 hours on Tuesday.
The buses, a man
Diesel and a Hyundai with registration numbers GR 5704-18 and GN3780-10 were
travelling from Takoradi to Accra and Accra towards Takoradi respectively.
He said on reaching
Dompoase Junction, the driver of the Hyundai bus attempted to overtake a
vehicle in front of him and got into the lane of the Man-Diesel bus and in a
bid to avoid a crash, the Man Diesel bus hit the driver’s front side through to
the middle of the Hyundai.
ADOI Wasiu said the
drivers and all the passengers seated at the front seats of the two vehicles
died on the spot.
The bodies of the
deceased have since been deposited at the mortuary of the Cape Coast Teaching
Hospital (CCTH) for autopsy.
GNA