Nine people were killed in a head-on collision involving two Toyota Hiace minibusses owned by 2M Express Company Limited.
The commercial vehicles with registration numbers GN 3229-21 and GN 8292-21 collided in the early hours of Sunday, March 26, 2023, at Birimso, a section of the main Accra-Kumasi Highway close to Bunso junction.
According to eyewitnesses, the Accra vehicle collided with another vehicle heading towards Accra from Kumasi while attempting to swerve a container that had fallen onto the road from a trailer.
The severity of the impact killed all nine passengers, seven men, and two women, on the spot.
“Personnel from the Bunso fire station and the police who had a torrid time extricating the injured from the wreckage hurriedly rushed 19 victims to the Kibi Government hospital and Hawa Memorial Saviour Hospital in Osiem where they are currently receiving treatment,” the Bunso Fire Station Officer ADO II Doe Samuel said.
This latest carnage brings the total number of fatalities from road accidents in the region in the last two days to 18.
OilCity Radio understands the National Road Safety Authority is set to hold some emergency engagements on the 3 separate accidents which were recorded in the Eastern region over the weekend.
Meanwhile, road users have condemned the carnages and urged stakeholders to take action.
