An accident involving a Kia truck with registration number GE 7984 and a tricycle has reportedly killed three persons at Adukrom -Akuapem in the Okere District of the Eastern region.
The incident happened today, 16th of May 2023 at about 7:am near the waterworks junction.
According to an eyewitness the tricycle locally known as “Aboboya” was loaded with concrete land demarcation pillars descending from Adukrom towards Aseseeso but reportedly failed to brake and collided with the Kia truck which was coming from the opposite direction.
Two persons out of the five on board the tricycle died instantly but the rider reportedly died upon arrival at the Tetteh Quarshie Memorial Hospital where eight other victims were rushed for emergency attention.
Assemblymember for Adukrom- Methodist electoral area Hon Ebenezer Obiri Asare, disclosed that a total of twelve people were involved in the accident; Five were on board the tricycle while seven were in the Kia truck.
He said fire Service personnel, police, and civilians worked together to retrieve the bodies and restored calm at the scene of the accident.
“We were following the tricycle but when it reached Adukrom water works it crashed into the driver’s side of the Kia.
”The tricycle was descending with speed and that was suggestive of a brake failure. So two of the five persons on the tricycle died instantly while the other three were rushed to hospital. We are told the rider popularly known as Enkase also couldn’t survive”, an eyewitness narrated.