An accident that occurred on the Sunyani-Berekum highway has claimed two lives, leaving 29 others seriously injured.

The dead have been identified as Elizabeth Gyamfi aka Afia Manu, 60, and Emmanuel Kankam, 54, both from Kumasi. Their bodies have since been deposited at the Brong Ahafo Regional Hospital at Sunyani.

The Deputy Brong Ahafo Regional Commander of the Motor Traffic and Transport Unit (MTTU) of the Ghana Police Service, Teddy Damptey Brown, who confirmed the incident to DAILY GUIDE, said the Tuesday accident occurred at Twumasikrom near Nsoatre at about 7pm when two vehicles collided head-on after one of the drivers tried to overtake another vehicle.

The driver of the Sprinter Mercedes Benz bus, Kwasi Oppong, who was travelling from Berekum to Sunyani, was reported to have run his car into the on-coming Ford Transit bus with registration number BA 33 Z, driven by Yaw Owusu, when the former was overtaking another car.

The two vehicles collided in the process.

The two casualties were pronounced dead upon arrival at the hospital.

At the time of filing this report yesterday, six out of the 29 injured persons had been treated and discharged.