Police officer killed in road crash at Atortorkorpe in Ada

Sergeant Lambert Kumbusoon died in a fatal road crash on Wednesday, April 08, 2026, at Atortorkorpe in the Ada East District of the Greater Accra Region. According to an eyewitness, the crash occurred when two vehicles were overtaking each other while the deceased, who was riding a motorbike, also attempted to overtake. The eyewitness said, "There was a parked motorbike by the roadside, but the officer did not notice it. He ran into it, and the impact threw him onto the road, where one of the speeding vehicles ran over him."

Chief Superintendent Lovelace Kofi Glago, Ada District Police Commander, confirmed the incident to the GNA. He said the police received a distress call at about 2030 hours that a Kia Rhino truck had knocked down a police officer at Atortorkorpe. The victim was identified as an officer who had recently been transferred from the Ada Criminal Investigation Department at the Divisional Command in Kasseh to Kpone. The victim was rushed to the Ada East District Hospital but was pronounced dead on arrival, and the body has since been deposited at the facility's mortuary.

Chief Superintendent Glago said that a driver had reported himself and was in police custody, assisting with investigations. The Divisional Command has directed that the body be transferred to the Police Hospital Mortuary in Accra for preservation and autopsy. Chief Superintendent Glago said, "We cannot immediately establish what exactly happened or who was at fault; investigations are ongoing."