A ghastly accident on the Offinso-Abofuor Highway in the Ashanti region has claimed seven lives, with a dozen others in critical condition.
Eyewitness accounts indicate the accident occurred in the wee hours of Wednesday, January 7, 2025, between Samproso and Awisam communities near offinso.
At eyewitness told Adom News Reporter, Kwadwo Obeng Mireku, a commercial bus with registration GT 5509-20 traveling from Techiman to Kumasi collided head-on with a trailer carrying cement with registration GN 5326-22, resulting in the tragic incident.
“The trailer loaded cement from a cement factory at Samproso and when setting off from the factory its engine went off in the middle of the road. The on-coming bus from Techiman on top speed hit the trailer leading to six people dying at the spot, and leaving others in critical condition,” the eyewitness narrated.
One other victim was pronounced dead after being conveyed to the hospital.
The deceased and casualties were sent to the St. Patrick Hospital at Offinso Maase as the police visited the scene to clear the road and launch an investigation into the incident.
