Twelve out of 15 passengers have died instantly in a head-on collision between a Benz bus and a truck loaded with cement at Ayensudo in the Central Region.
Eye witnesses told Onuaonline the truck with registration number GM 2670-12 was overtaking other vehicles at a point on the highway engulfed in smoke due to a near-by bush burning.
Richard Karikari told Onuaonline’s Kwame Kakraba the truck driver, who took to his heels after the accident, may have been blinded by the smoke.
He is said to have run his truck straight into the Takoradi-bound bus, which had 15 passengers aboard.
The only survivor, a female, is said to have been rushed to the Cape Coast Teaching Hospital for emergency care.
The Elmina Command of the Motor Transport and Traffic Directorate (MTTD) immediately deployed officers to the scene to ensure free flow of traffic.
Source: Onuaonline.com|Ghana
