The accident at Atwidie near Juaso on the Kumasi-Accra road involving a Kumasi-bound OA bus and a DAF articulated truck, which claimed the lives of five passengers last Wednesday, has claimed an additional life.
The latest victim was a 46-year-old businesswoman, Felicia Peprah, who is a native of Chiraa in the Brong Ahafo Region.
The deceased was said to have been discharged from the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH) three days after the accident, but complained of bodily pains minutes after she reached home.
She was, therefore, rushed to the Emergency Unit of KATH, where she died moments after she was re-admitted.
The body of the deceased, who was a mother of two, has been transferred to the Sunyani Government Hospital mortuary for autopsy.
The other five passengers who lost their lives in the accident were yet to be identified as of yesterday.
The driver of the DAF articulated truck, with registration number AS 5127 N, and his mate, who were said to have vanished from the accident scene as soon as bus crashed into the truck, are yet to report themselves to the police to assist in investigations.
As many as 46 passengers sustained various degrees of injury when the bus crashed into the truck, which veered into its lane at Atwidie, near Juaso.
The Ashanti Regional Police Commander of the Motor Transport and Traffic Unit (MTTU), Mr. James Sarfo Peprah, told the Daily Graphic that the driver of the truck was directed by his employer, Nana Osei, to cart some goods from Takoradi to Kumasi, but he (the driver) rather diverted his route to the Kumasi-Accra trunk road where he loaded large quantities of teak into the articulated truck, with the view to transporting them to Accra for his personal gains.
He said the police had mounted a search to arrest the driver, who has been identified as Karim Musah, to assist in their investigations.
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