Road Accident: Several people injured in near-fatal crash on Tema motorway
- A Sprinter bus and a Toyota Ella have been involved in a near fatal accident on the Accra-Tema motorway
- The accident occurred on Monday, January 20, at the Action Chapel junction, on the Accra-Tema motorway
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Information reaching YEN.com.gh indicates that two vehicles, a Sprinter bus and a Toyota Ella have been involved in a near-fatal accident on the Accra-Tema motorway.
According to a report by Adom Online, the accident occurred on Monday, January 20, 2020, at the Action Chapel junction, on the Accra-Tema motorway.
The report revealed that no death was recorded but several passengers sustained various degrees of injuries.
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According to the passengers involved in the accident, the driver of the Sprinter was driving carelessly and refused to heed to their pleas to reduce speeding so early in the morning.
A passenger narrating the incident told JoyNews said that the Sprinter driver lost control of the car after his tyre burst; causing him to run into the Toyota Ella.
Meanwhile, injured passengers have been transported to the hospital by an ambulance.
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In an earlier report, about thirty-four people died with many others injured in an accident that happened at 12:15 am Tuesday, January 14, 2020, on the Cape Coast-Takoradi Highway.
According to Graphic Online among the dead are 20 males, 11 females and three children. Further information reveals that 29 people died on the spot while the remaining died at the Cape Coast Teaching Hospital.
Eyewitnesses said one driver died instantly with one of them having his body trapped in the mangled vehicle.
The accident involved two Yutong buses which had a head-on collision on the Dompoase Junction near Komenda Junction.
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