Tinga: Three dead; many injured in gory accident
At least three people were killed and dozens injured on Monday when
an Assemblies of God Church mini bus carrying passengers from Wa to
Techiman spurt a tyre and crashed into a nearby bush at Maluwe near
Tinga in the Bole District of the Northern region.
The bus had more than 20 people aboard when the accident at the
outskirt of the small community a few kilometers from Tinga where 10
people lost their lives last month occurred.
The Tinga community youth secretary Dramani Alhassan who visited the scene and confirmed the news to Starr News
said the mini van with registration number AS 963 – 17 crisscrossed on
the road before smashing through the bush and landed on the ground,
killing the three instantly.
According to him, all other passengers suffered varied degrees of
injuries with some having mangled faces, dislocated joints and broken
legs.
The victims were conveyed to the Tinga health center before being
referred to the Bole Government Hospital where they are currently being
treated. The hospital sources told Starr News some of them were in
critical conditions.
Police in the area were yet to receive briefing from field officers
dispatched to the scene but added the cause of the crash would be
investigated.
Road accident and armed robbery is becoming a major public health
crisis in the area. Experts tell Starr News road crashes and activities
of armed robbers kill more than 100 people a year and injure or
disfigure as many as 150. Many of these crashes were attributed to poor
roads and disregard for road safety efforts.
Source: Starrfmonline
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