Salifu Amoako<\/strong><\/p>\n\u00a0<\/p>\n
The 16-year-old son of Archbishop Elisha Salifu Amoako has been hauled before a Juvenile Court in Accra over the fatal accident which resulted in the death of two 12-year-old girls at East Legon, on October 12, 2024.<\/p>\n
The minor has been charged with a total of eight charges \u2013 two counts of manslaughter, three counts of negligently causing harm, two counts of dangerous driving and another count of dangerous driving without a valid licence.<\/p>\n
Court documents indicate that despite his age and his lack of a valid driver\u2019s licence, his family members regularly gave him access to cars that they own and permitted him to drive.<\/p>\n
They also point out that the minor had been driving in a manner that fell way below what is expected of any competent and careful driver, and in such a reckless manner that it endangered the lives of both vehicles and pedestrians along the road.<\/p>\n
The court remanded him into custody to reappear on November 7, 2024 for further proceedings.<\/p>\n
His parents have already appeared before court charged with permitting an unlicensed person to drive.<\/p>\n
A court document indicated that on October 12, 2024, the family threw a birthday party for Elyon Amoako, the elder brother of the accused at an event centre in East Legon, Accra.<\/p>\n
It states that while the party went on, the accused person asked Linda Bonsu Bempah, a personal assistant to Elyon, to give him the keys to his mother\u2019s Jaguar F-Pace Sport, which she did.<\/p>\n
The prosecution\u2019s brief facts indicate that the minor took the car and drove with one of his friends to the A&C Mall where they met some more friends who were waiting in two SVs.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe three cars formed a convoy, led by the accused person in his mother\u2019s car, and drove through the East Legon area,\u201d the documents read.<\/p>\n
Courts document further pointed out that at a section of the Dzane-Ashie Road and despite the presence of other vehicles on the road, the accused person decided to show off the speed of the Jaguar F-Pace Sport.<\/p>\n
It said he was at top speed and in no time had approached a T-junction at the Mensah Wood Avenue recklessly with no regard for the other road users.<\/p>\n
The accused then rammed the Jaguar into an Acura SUV driven by Joseph Ackah, who had slowed down to navigate a turn.<\/p>\n
The impact of the collision threw both vehicles off the street, ramming them into the wall of a house opposite the junction, destroying an ECG pole in the process.<\/p>\n
\u201cBoth cars immediately caught fire, which turned into a raging inferno in no time. The accused person managed to force himself out of the vehicle he was driving, his passenger too,\u201d the document indicated.<\/p>\n
It further stated that Joseph Ackah had been driving his boss\u2019 two daughters \u2013 one of them a toddler \u2013 and their friends, Maame Dwomoh Boateng and Justine Agbenu who were both 12.<\/p>\n
The toddler was saved by volunteers as the driver managed to force himself out of the burning vehicle.<\/p>\n
The two 12-year-olds were trapped and bystanders tried but could not rescue them, as they burned beyond recognition.<\/p>\n
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BY Gibril Abdul Razak<\/strong><\/p>\n\u00a0<\/p>\n
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