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One feared dead in Tema motorway crash

Source The Ghana Report

One person is feared dead as a Hyundai truck with registration number GR 7015-N skidded off the Accra-Tema Motorway, landing in one of the main storm drains in the median of the expressway.

The driver of the truck is feared dead.

This incident happened on Friday afternoon, February 2, 2024.

The accident resulted in a major traffic jam along the Community 18 Junction stretch of the motorway.

Eyewitnesses narrating the incident said the driver was heading towards Tema when the accident occurred just before the Community 18 Junction.

Recent Accidents

A speeding private car driver collided with a Pragya, leaving the Pragya rider paralyzed and two others in critical condition at Odasani in the Central Region.

The incident happened on Thursday, January 25, 2024, at around 8:00 p.m.

Information gathered indicates that the private car driver with registration number GE-4050-11 was on top speed from the direction of Breman Essiam, heading towards Ajumako and the Pragya tricycle in the opposite direction.

Upon reaching Odasani, a junction at Ajumako, the driver veered off his lane and crashed head-on into the Pragya vehicle.

Also, on Friday, January 26, 2024, one person died, and another was injured in an accident involving a Mercedes-Benz DAF cargo truck with registration number GT-1139-Z at Assenema in the Okere District of the Eastern Region.

The victims were trapped in the Mercedes-Benz DAF cargo truck, which had lost control while negotiating a curve on Adukron Hill.

Personnel from the Ghana National Fire Service (GNFS) at the Akropong Municipal Fire Station rushed to the scene and rescued two casualties from the fatal accident.

Again, on January 22, 2024, seven people were severely injured in an accident involving a Sprinter bus with registration number GR-8348-14 at Adinkra on the Obuasi-Takoradi road in the Western North Region.

According to an eyewitness, the speeding Sprinter bumped into a pothole.

As a result, the rear tyre burst, and the car somersaulted and landed on its roof.

Four women, three men, and a baby were wounded.

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