Three students of the University of Education, Winneba (UEW), who embarked on an educational trip, have been confirmed dead after they were involved in an accident on the Aperadi-Somanya stretch in the Eastern Region.
Other students on the bus sustained various degrees of injuries.
Reports indicate that the bus driver transporting the students lost control while descending the Aprede Mountain.
The students were quickly rushed to the Yilo Krobo District Hospital in Somanya for treatment.
The Medical Superintendent of the Yilo Krobo District Hospital Dr. Jacqueline Mensah Darkwah, confirmed the incident.
“the other students numbering about 28 who sustained injuries are in stable conditions,” she said.
A total of 1,443 persons lost their lives in road crashes between the period of January and July 2022, the Motor Traffic and Transport Department (MTTD) has revealed.
According to the MTTD, the police service received reports of 886 road crashes during that period.
The Director of Operations for MTTD, Supt. Dr. Samuel Sasu Mensah said the number of road crashes would reduce should motorists drive cautiously.
“From January to July 2022, we had 886 cases being reported to the Police and out of this, those who were killed were 1,443, and those who got injured were 9,218.”
However, we have a marginal decrease in both fatalities and injuries. So as we progress in the year, we hope that, through good practices by the drivers, road crashes being recorded in the country will be reduced”.