The Cape Coast Teaching Hospital has revealed that 29 out of the 35 remains of persons who perished in the Dompoase road crash have been identified by their families.
The deadly crash occurred when two buses collided at Dompoase near Elmina in the Central Region last Tuesday.
The Chief Executive Officer of the hospital, Eric Kofi Gyedua said out of the 35 bodies, 29 have gone through the identification process with a good number of them being released to their families.
He was speaking to the media during a visit by the ministers of Transport and Roads and Highways.
Mr Gyedua noted that currently, there are six men on admission, “four who require major surgery.
There are also nine women, some of whom require surgery and two children still on admission.
Mr Gyedu expressed hope that “we will be able to contain the rest of the situation and come out of this very successfully.”
Meanwhile, a driver of one of the buses involved, Mark Mireku, has been remanded in police custody.
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