{"id":85577,"date":"2023-07-21T06:22:27","date_gmt":"2023-07-21T06:22:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/07\/21\/commuters-stranded-after-cargo-truck-overturns-on-accra-kumasi-highway\/"},"modified":"2023-07-21T06:22:27","modified_gmt":"2023-07-21T06:22:27","slug":"commuters-stranded-after-cargo-truck-overturns-on-accra-kumasi-highway","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/07\/21\/commuters-stranded-after-cargo-truck-overturns-on-accra-kumasi-highway\/","title":{"rendered":"Commuters stranded after cargo truck overturns on Accra-Kumasi Highway"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Scores of commuters from Accra to Kumasi and those from Kumasi to Accra were stranded after a cargo truck overturned at the Duampompo stretch of the Accra-Kumasi highway near Konongo on Thursday, July 20, 2023.<\/p>\n<p>Eyewitnesses told <strong>Citi News<\/strong> the vehicle which overturned blocked the highway and all vehicles were unable to go beyond that stretch.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-958004\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/WhatsApp-Image-2023-07-20-at-10.56.04-PM.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1080\" height=\"607\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>Officers from the Ghana Police Service and a towing vehicle were deployed to the scene.<\/p>\n<p>One of the frustrated travellers, Kofi Boateng told Citi News that:\u00a0\u201cWe were heading from Accra to Kumasi. There were a lot of cars parked by the road. Our driver overtook them all. We even thought it was an armed robbery attack, only to come and see that it was a big truck that had overturned. So we are stuck here at the moment.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, the truck was subsequently towed from the scene.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Scores of commuters from Accra to Kumasi and those from Kumasi to Accra were stranded after a cargo truck overturned at the Duampompo stretch of the Accra-Kumasi highway near Konongo on Thursday, July 20, 2023. 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