Five persons have died while six others sustained various degrees of injuries in a fatal accident at Adoagyir, a suburb of Nsawam in the Eastern Region.

The bodies of the deceased – three females and two males – have been deposited at the Nsawam Government Hospital Morgue.

The accident occurred Thursday evening at about 21:00 pm when a Rhino KIA truck with registration number GES 3695-18 transporting bags of sachet water driving from Adeiso to Nsawam lost control of the steering wheel and hit a Mazda Taxi cab before running into the victims who were part of customers at a fast food joint buying fried rice killing the five on the spot.

It is not clear what exactly led to the gory accident, but it is believed the driver failed break.