Two persons have reportedly died after a vehicle crashed into a parked truck on the Offinso-Kodie road in the Ashanti Region.
A Yutong bus with registration number AW-621-17 rammed into a DAF cargo truck with registration number AS-1756-X which had broken down along the road at Denase on Friday, January 20.
The speeding bus was travelling from Zebila when the accident occurred.
According to reports, a male passenger and the driver’s mate died on the spot.
The injured passengers were rushed to the hospital for medical treatment.
Meanwhile, Police from Kodie in the Afigya-Kwabre South District were on the scene to ensure smooth traffic flow.
Road accidents in the country
The country is losing its human capital to accident-related deaths, and productive lives are being rendered disabled due to severe injuries.
More than 200 people die monthly in road accidents in Ghana, the National Road Safety Authority (NRSA) has said.
The latest figure was for the period between January 1, 2022, and August 31, 2022, which accounted for 1,600 deaths.
This represents a 16% decrease compared to the same period in 2021, which recorded 1,800 deaths.