An accident on the Accra-Tema motorway has claimed five lives with more than dozen injured, JoyNews reports.

It is being reported that a Sprinter Bus with registration number GR 6117-20 got involved in an accident that has resulted in the death of five people.

Eyewitness account states that the unfortunate incident occurred around 6:30am this morning after a tyre of vehicle got burst culminating in it somersaulting.

He added that the driver of the Sprinter bus was over-speeding and disregarded calls by passengers to slow down.

Personnel from the Ghana Police Service and National Ambulance Service are said to be on site.