{"id":1210799,"date":"2022-09-25T20:56:08","date_gmt":"2022-09-25T20:56:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/09\/25\/ghastly-accident-recorded-on-mallam-kasoa-highway-video\/"},"modified":"2022-09-25T20:56:08","modified_gmt":"2022-09-25T20:56:08","slug":"ghastly-accident-recorded-on-mallam-kasoa-highway-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/09\/25\/ghastly-accident-recorded-on-mallam-kasoa-highway-video\/","title":{"rendered":"Ghastly accident recorded on Mallam-Kasoa Highway [Video]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/WhatsApp-Image-2022-09-23-at-06.02.50-1024x528.jpeg\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><div class=\"youtube-embed\" data-video_id=\"e0wSH9nmcWA\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Accident on Mallam-Kasoa Highway\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/e0wSH9nmcWA?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<p><div class=\"youtube-embed\" data-video_id=\"e0wSH9nmcWA\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Accident on Mallam-Kasoa Highway\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/e0wSH9nmcWA?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Two vehicles have been involved in a ghastly accident at Kalabule Junction on the Mallam-Kasoa Highway.<\/p>\n<p>The accident, which occurred on Friday morning, involved a Toyota Yaris registered GX 4635-22 and a commercial Hyundai Grace van with registration number As 9553-10.<\/p>\n<p>However, no casualties were recorded.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/22191989129,1002554\/MGL\/mgl_ado_atunwa_300x250 --><\/p>\n<p>Eyewitnesses told<strong> Adom News<\/strong>\u2018 Kofi Adjei that the speeding Yaris driver veered off its lane after being crossed by a vehicle which made a wrongful u-turn.<\/p>\n<p>The Yaris, therefore, crashed and climbed the Hyundai vehicle which was parked on the stretch. <\/p>\n<p>Both vehicles suffered severe damage while the Hyundai driver and his mate who were the only occupants escaped unhurt. <\/p>\n<p>But the driver of the commercial vehicle, Kwaku Asiedu, in an interview complained of pains in his ribs and legs.<\/p>\n<p>The eyewitness lamented the area is gradually becoming a hotspot for accidents, causing fear and anxiety amongst both drivers and pedestrians.<\/p>\n<p>Others expressed concern about the lack of adequate measures put in place to control the occurrence of accidents on the stretch, especially at the Kalabule Junction U-turn point.<\/p>\n<p>They complained about non-functioning streetlights, and traffic lights to the non-presence of police personnel to aid traffic direction during rush hours.<\/p>\n<p>Pedestrians say it mostly becomes hectic and most life-threatening in attempts to cross the highway and are therefore calling on authorities to give urgent attention to the situation.<\/p>\n<p>            <!--  [embed]https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=videoseries[\/embed]<!--\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>--><\/p>\n<div class=\"youtube-embed\" data-video_id=\"ZsYft5M9Nt4\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Motorway Incident: Cargo truck catches fire causing massive traffic Friday afternoon (23-9-22)\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ZsYft5M9Nt4?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Two vehicles have been involved in a ghastly accident at Kalabule Junction on the Mallam-Kasoa Highway. The accident, which occurred on Friday morning, involved a Toyota Yaris registered GX 4635-22 and a commercial Hyundai Grace van with registration number As 9553-10. However, no casualties were recorded. Eyewitnesses told Adom News\u2018 Kofi Adjei that the speeding [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1210801,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1210799","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-local-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1210799","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1210799"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1210799\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1210799"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1210799"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1210799"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}