2 feared dead, several injured in Accra-Salaga bus crash
Accra-Salaga bus crash is feared to have resulted in two deaths with several others sustaining injuries in a road accident in the early hours of Saturday. The accident involved a Marcopolo bus travelling from Accra to Salaga.
The crash occurred around 0100 hours on the Nkonya Wurupong-Kwamekrom stretch of the road in the Biakoye District of the Oti Region. The bus, with registration number GT 6557-18, veered off the road and overturned while en route to Salaga in the East Gonja Municipality of the Savannah region. A Ghana News Agency (GNA) correspondent, travelling on a separate VIP bus from Accra, arrived at the accident scene shortly after the incident and observed several passengers trapped in the wreckage, while others with varying degrees of injuries lay by the roadside awaiting assistance. Commercial buses heading towards Wulensi, Kete-Krachi, Bimbilla and Dambai stopped to assist in rescue efforts as emergency calls were placed to the Ghana National Ambulance Service and the Ghana Police Service at Nkonya.
Personnel from both services arrived at the scene and conveyed the injured passengers to the Kpando Hospital for medical attention. Preliminary information gathered from some passengers by GNA indicated that two persons, believed to be a couple, were trapped beneath the overturned bus and were feared dead. Sources at the scene said the couple were travelling to Salaga for a family introduction ceremony.
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A Marcopolo bus, travelling from Accra to Salaga, was involved in an accident early Saturday. Several people sustained injuries - but the situation remains dire.
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