{"id":232166,"date":"2024-10-14T13:34:45","date_gmt":"2024-10-14T13:34:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/10\/14\/multiple-feared-dead-as-vip-bus-crashes-on-kumasi-obuasi-highway\/"},"modified":"2024-10-14T13:34:45","modified_gmt":"2024-10-14T13:34:45","slug":"multiple-feared-dead-as-vip-bus-crashes-on-kumasi-obuasi-highway","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/10\/14\/multiple-feared-dead-as-vip-bus-crashes-on-kumasi-obuasi-highway\/","title":{"rendered":"Multiple feared dead as VIP bus crashes on Kumasi-Obuasi Highway"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.ghanaweb.com\/imagelib\/pics\/472\/47278322.295.jpg\" alt=\"Some thirteen persons are reported to have died from the crash\" title=\"Some thirteen persons are reported to have died from the crash\" width=\"295\" height=\"221\" \/> <span class=\"image_caption\"><span>Some thirteen persons are reported to have died from the crash<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"-webkit-user-select: none; -webkit-touch-callout: none; -moz-user-select: none; -ms-user-select: none; user-select: none;\">\n<p id=\"article-123\">Several commuters are feared dead following a highway accident involving a VIP bus heading to Enchi in the Ashanti Region.<\/p>\n<p>According to multiple reports, the incident, which occurred on the morning of Monday, October 14, 2024, claimed the lives of several passengers, including a three-year-old and a one-month-old baby.<\/p>\n<p>The bus, traveling along the Kumasi-Obuasi Highway, is said to have run into a ditch at Kwapia near Obuasi at dawn on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>According to police sources, the death toll currently stands at 13, comprising seven males, five females, and one child.<\/p>\n<p>Images of the bus, sighted by GhanaWeb, show the VIP Jeoun mangled in various parts, with all the glass windows destroyed.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\" xml:lang=\"en\">An accident just happened on the kumasi-obuasi road. A bus heading to Enchi\ud83d\udc94 25 people have been reported dead including the driver! A lady lost her 2 kids(3 years and 1 month) and her mom <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/EBJ8BiZtn8\">pic.twitter.com\/EBJ8BiZtn8<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 GHANAMADEIT\ud83c\uddec\ud83c\udded! (@ghanamadeit_) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ghanamadeit_\/status\/1845745059112554974?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 14, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>GA\/OGB<\/p>\n<p><b>Watch the latest episode of Everyday People on GhanaWeb TV below:<\/b><\/p>\n<p><div class=\"youtube-embed\" data-video_id=\"cdHvSj0yoVw\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"IPMC student funding his education by helping his single mother sell | Everyday People\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/cdHvSj0yoVw?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Some thirteen persons are reported to have died from the crash Several commuters are feared dead following a highway accident involving a VIP bus heading to Enchi in the Ashanti Region. 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