FOUR persons died on the spot yesterday when a Nissan Urvan bus in which they were travelling from Kumasi to Sankore collided with a Renault timber truck at the outskirts of Mpasatia on the Kumasi-Bibiani trunk road.
The bodies of the deceased, made up of three females and a male, have been deposited at the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital mortuary for autopsy.
According to the police, the driver of the bus, with registration number AS 3157 X, escaped unhurt, but 10 passengers who were on board suffered various degrees of injury and were rushed to the Nkawie Government Hospital where they are receiving treatment.
The Ashanti Regional Commander of the Motor Traffic and Transport Unit (MTTU) of the Ghana Police Service, Mr Abraham Bansah, told the Daily Graphic that the accident occurred around 6:30 a.m.
He said initial investigations revealed that the driver of the bus was overtaking another vehicle at the outskirts of Mpasatia, in the process of which he entered the lane of the oncoming timber truck, with registration number AS 1877 R.
He said the driver of the timber truck attempted to save the situation by branching off the road when he saw the bus in his lane, but in the process the trailer hit the bus, dragging it into the bush.
Mr Bansah said it took a lot of time for sympathisers who were attracted to the scene to remove both the deceased passengers and the injured from the mangled bus.
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