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Baby Girl And Nine Others Dead After Minibus Crashes Into Zoomlion Rubbish Truck In Ho
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Baby Girl And Nine Others Dead After Minibus Crashes Into Zoomlion Rubbish Truck In Ho

by  Delali Adogla-Bessa 2 min read
  • Ten persons have been confirmed dead after a road crash at the bottom of a hill at Ho in the Volta Region
  • Reports suggest the bus may have suffered a break failure when descending the hill, leading to the head-on collision
  • The crash occurred around 4pm on Tuesday, November 21, 2023, when the minibus travelling towards Ho ran into the heavy-duty truck, which was ascending the hill

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At least 10 people died when a minibus and a rubbish compactor truck collided at the foot of the Galenku Hill in Ho Bankoe on Tuesday, November 21, 2023.

The crash occurred around 4pm when the minibus, travelling towards Ho, ran into the heavy-duty truck ascending the hill.

Ho road crash
At least 10 persons are feared dead in the road crash. Source: UGC/@Graphic Online
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Reports suggest the bus may have suffered a break failure when descending the hill, leading to the head-on collision.

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The minivan was carrying some livestock on its roof, which also died during the crash.

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Also noted among the dead were a mother and her baby daughter, which sparked some grieving from onlookers.

Personnel of the National Ambulance Service turned up to convey the dead and injured to the Ho Teaching Hospital.

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A woman was killed after a truck crashed into the Suame Divisional Police Headquarters building in the Ashanti Region.

A baby was critically injured in the crash, which occurred on Thursday, November 16, 2023.

Witness reports indicated that the truck had a brake pad malfunction, leading to the incident.

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The road crash occurred along the Kumasi-Accra highway near Suhum on Thursday, November 9, 2023.

The crash happened because the truck driver was racing with another tanker truck.

Fatal crash on Accra-Aflao highway

YEN.com.gh reported a fatal accident on the Accra-Aflao highway that claimed eight lives on a commercial bus on Friday, August 18, 2023.

The commercial bus, carrying about 15 people, reportedly crashed into a cargo truck when the driver tried to overtake another car.

According to reports, the eight who perished in the accident were taken to the Tema General Hospital mortuary.

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Delali Adogla-Bessa (Current Affairs Editor) Delali Adogla-Bessa is a Current Affairs Editor with YEN.com.gh. Delali previously worked as a freelance journalist in Ghana and has over seven years of experience in media, primarily with Citi FM, Equal Times, Ubuntu Times. Delali also volunteers with the Ghana Institute of Language Literacy and Bible Translation, where he documents efforts to preserve local languages. He graduated from the University of Ghana in 2014 with a BA in Information Studies. Email: delali.adogla-bessa@yen.com.gh.

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