Two People Reported Dead In Eastern Region After School Bus Crash During Excursion To Akosombo
- A bus carrying school kids from the Ben Kunadu SDA Basic School in the Asante Akyem Municipality was involved in a fatal crash
- The crash occurred between Adukrom and Somanya on March 28 and resulted in two deaths
- Eastern Regional Minister Rita Akosua Awatey joined rescue efforts at the scene of the road crash
Two people from the Ben Kunadu SDA Basic School in the Asante Akyem Municipality of the Ashanti Region have died in a road crash in the Eastern Region.
Citi News reported that the March 28 crash occurred between Adukrom and Somanya.
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Other school kids have sustained injuries in the road crash. Citi News reported that over 60 students were travelling.
The tragedy occurred when the bus lost control while descending the Aseseeso hill and crashed.
The students were en route to Akosombo for an excursion when the crash happened.
Eastern Regional Minister Rita Akosua Awatey joined rescue efforts at the scene of the accident.
She helped transport some injured students to the Yilo Krobo Municipal Hospital in Somanya.
Two critical cases from the crash have been referred to the Eastern Regional Hospital for specialised care.
Notable road crashes in recent times
A road crash on the Bolgatanga-Walewale highway caused the deaths of eight persons and left several others severely injured.
The crash occurred on February 28 in the farming community of Karimenga and involved a bus travelling from Kumasi to Bolgatanga.
It collided with a container truck parked along the roadside causing the eight deaths on the spot.
In another incident, three people were been reported dead after a road crash at Gomoa Okyereko Junction in the Gomoa East District of the Central Region.
Twenty others are in critical condition following the crash on December 12, 2024.
The accident occurred in the early hours of December 12 and involved two buses: a Sprinter and a Hyundai Grace.
An eyewitness told Adom News that the Sprinter driver made a wrongful overtaking manoeuvre and collided with the Hyundai Grace.
The injured were taken to the Accident and Emergency Unit of Winneba Trauma and Specialist Hospital.
Also in December 2024, seven people died and several others were injured following a head-on collision between a VIP bus and a Sprinter bus at Atwedie on the Kumasi-Accra highway.
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The Sprinter bus was travelling from Accra to Kumasi while the VIP bus was heading to Accra from the northern part of Ghana when the crash occurred on Friday, October 11.
Five passengers aboard the Sprinter bus, which was transporting tomatoes, died.
One passenger on the VIP bus also died. Several other passengers on the VIP bus sustained varying degrees of injuries and were rushed to the Juaso Government Hospital.
15 casualties reported after Kyerewere road accident
YEN.com.gh reported that 15 people were injured in an accident at Kyerewere, along the Nsawam-Suhum road in the Eastern Region.
The road accident occurred when the speeding sprinter minibus veered off the road after experiencing a burst tyre.
Of the 15 passengers, three were in critical condition and were rushed to the hospital.
One person was in critical condition after the crash, while one other person was feared dead at the time.
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Source: YEN.com.gh
