Three confirmed dead in Peki accident

- Two policemen and a civilian  have been  confirmed dead in a gory accident on the peki road.

- Cop Patrick Akosa and Private Herford Amevor and  Francis Amofa Adzade were believed to be returning to Accra on board a Toyota Hiace with registration number 14GA 96 from a funeral when the accident occurred.

- Several injured persons are at the Peki government hospital receiving treatment.

Three people are feared dead and several others are injured in gory accident that occurred at Peki-Wudome  in the South Dayi District of the Volta Region.

The three, who include two soldiers and a civilian, were confirmed dead by the Peki District Police Commander, DSP Jonas Kofi Agbevam. According to him, the two deceased soldiers Cop Patrick Akosa and Private Herford Amevor and the civilian driver, Francis Amofa Adzade from the Base Workshop, Burma Camp, were returning to Accra on board a Toyota Hiace with registration number 14GA 96 from a funeral.

He narrates that on their way, a Benz Bus with registration number GW 9683W coming from the opposite direction and heading north, suddenly moved into the lane of the soldiers on the asphalted narrow portion of the Asikuma Junction to Kpeve of the Eastern corridor road.

He said attempts by the driver of the Hiace to signal the Benz driver Samuel Akufo to return to his lane failed leading to their collision in the process. The District Commander could not immediately tell what informed the Benz Bus driver to change lanes, but suspected he was competing for a better portion of the road.

The two soldiers and the civilian driver were together rushed to the Peki Government Hospital with other injured passengers on board the Benz Bus, but were later pronounced dead. The bodies of the three have been deposited at the hospital’s morgue while the driver of the Benz Bus is in a critical condition.

Source: YEN.com.gh