NDC youth organiser dies in another Kintampo highway carnage

A bloody accident on the Techiman Highway has thrown the National Democratic Congress into a state of mourning.

The party’s Bono East Deputy Regional Youth Organiser, Isaac Kojo Nsiah, died on the spot after the vehicle he was travelling crashed in a head-on collision.

Reports had it that he was on the pick-truck with three others who survived the carnage after their vehicle collided with an articulator truck loaded with fertilizer.

They were reportedly returning from the funeral of the mother of NDC’s Kintampo-South Deputy Youth Organiser, when the accident occurred around the Tuobodom toll booth.

Three others, Efo Worlanyo Tsekpo, Bilal Muazu and Rashid who are also Regional organizers survived the crash and are currently receiving treatment at the Holy Family Hospital in Techiman.

Some supporters of the country’s largest opposition party have since taken to social media to mourn the departed deputy youth organiser.

 

The Kintampo highway is one of the most dangerous highways in the country with high accident rates.

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On March 9, this year, at least 30 people died in a motor accident at Kintampo in the Bono East Region, between the Techiman to Buipe highway..

This was after a head-on collision between a Yutong bus and a 207 Sprinter minibus at about 4 am.

The Yutong bus was carrying pepper from Tamale, while Sprinter was heading to Tamale. A spark resulted in a raging fire which engulfed the two vehicles. Disturbing images of charred remains have been circulating on social media.

A similar accident in March 2019 killed 67 people.

It was another head-on collision between a Grandbird bus and a VIP bus. Some 35 bodies were charred beyond recognition. The two buses had 108 passengers on board.

Kintampo accident file

22 February 2020: Two women and a pregnant mother died on the Kintampo road when the vehicle they were travelling on crashed into a cargo truck carrying logs.

7 January 2020: Four family members died in an accident, involving a Mercedes Benz and a Yutong bus in the Kintampo Municipality. The 65-year-old driver and his newly married wife, son and brother died instantly.

4 November 2019; A two-year-old girl and a man, identified only as Michael, were killed in an accident in the Kintampo South District of the Bono East Region.

13 September 2019: Another gory accident on the Techiman-Kintampo highway at Tuobodom in the Bono East region claimed eight lives.