Story: George Ernest Asare
A head-on collision involving two 207 Mercedes Benz buses at Sanso Junction, near Obuasi on the Obuasi-Tarkwa road, during a heavy downpour yesterday claimed 15 lives on the spot.
Those who perished on the spot included the driver of one of the vehicles involved in the crash.
Thirteen other passengers who sustained multiple injuries were rushed to the AGC Hospital and the Government Hospital in Obuasi for urgent medical care in vehicles commandeered by the police from Obuasi.
None of the 15 bodies had been identified as of press time yesterday.
Meanwhile, nine of the bodies have been deposited at the AGC Hospital mortuary, while three have been deposited at the Obuasi Government Hospital.
The remaining three bodies have been deposited at the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital mortuary for lack of space at the two hospitals in Obuasi.
The Obuasi Divisional Police Commander, Chief Superintendent Emmanuel Amissah, who briefed the Daily Graphic on the incident, gave the registration number of the vehicle travelling from Kumasi to Tarkwa as AS 7674 W and the other travelling from Tarkwa to Kumasi as AS 1388 Y.
He said the driver travelling from Kumasi attempted to overtake another vehicle and in the process he collided head-on with the other bus which was heading towards Kumasi.
He said the impact of the accident was so great that many of the passengers were trapped in the mangled vehicles, causing 15 of them to die on the spot, with many others sustaining multiple injuries.
He said it took sympathisers a lot of time to retrieve the injured and the dead from the mangled vehicles.
Chief Supt Amissah said the driver of the vehicle which was heading towards Kumasi was among those who survived the accident, adding that he was responding to treatment at the AGC Hospital where he had been rushed to.APRIL 28, 2010)
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