Seventeen people have been reported dead in a fatal accident at Ofinso-Abofour in the Offinso South district of the Ashanti region.
The tragic accident happened on Monday around 5 AM.
An eyewitness, Andrews Kobi, the Assemblymember for Offinso-Abofour who spoke to Oyerepa News said, the accident happened at the outskirt of the Abofour community.
According to him, a sprinter bus with registration number GS 4339-17 that loaded from Kumasi, heading towards Techiman collided with an Articulator truck from the Northern region, which was heading towards Kumasi.
He said the articulator driver might have lost control and veered off its way hence colliding with the sprinter bus.
The eyewitness declared that 17 people are dead and 7 others in critical condition.
The bodies of the deceased have been transported to the St Patrick Hospital mortuary whilst the 6 in critical condition are receiving emergency treatment at the Hospital.
Source: Oyerepafmonline.com/Joseph Marfo/2021
