Six people are confirmed dead in an accident that occurred at Obretema, near Suhum, on the Accra-Kumasi highway, in the Eastern Region, on Monday evening.
The five died on the spot when a Mercedes Benz Cargo truck with registration number GE 5764-V that was been driven by 36-year-old, Bismark Boahye, heading towards Kumasi, lost control of the vehicle and crashed into a Toyota Tacoma pick-up with registration number GS 1312-11, in which the deceased were travelling while the other died later at the Suhum Government Hospital.
According to the Eastern Regional Motor traffic and Transport Department (MTTD) Commander, Chief Superintendent Prince Jude, another victim, who survived the accident, was currently responding to treatment at the Suhum Government Hospital while the dead have been deposited at the mortuary of the same hospital for autopsy.
Chief Sup Jude said the cargo truck driver was assisting police in investigations into the accident.
He explained that the truck driver was carrying assorted goods from Accra heading towards Kumasi.
According to the regional MTTD Commander, on reaching a section of the road at Obretema near Suhum, the driver lost control of the vehicle, and in the process veered off his lane into the opposite lane where he crashed head-on with the Toyota Tacoma pick-up which was also coming from Kumasi.
Chief Sup Jude said seven occupants, including the driver, on board the Toyota Tacoma pick-up were trapped, adding that it took the intervention of the Ghana National Fire Service personnel and road safety management recovery truck to remove them.
FROM AMA TEKYIWAA AMPADU AGYEMAN, KOFORIDUA
