A mob set a taxicab ablaze after it had knocked down two female students, killing one of them at Tuobodom near Techiman.

Police Sergeant Tommy Thompson of the Accident Squad told the Ghana News Agency that 17 years old Miss Cynthia Akosua Serwaah, of form two, died from her injuries while she was being conveyed to hospital but Miss Rosekel Adutwuwaa, 15, of form one, was treated for minor injury. They were both students of the local Secondary/Technical School.

Sgt Thompson said the taxi, driven by Nazilbi Abass, was returning from Kintampo to Techiman. He said when police arrived at the scene, the front steering system of the vehicle had been damaged and three of its tyres deflated.

Sgt Thompson said the vehicle could, therefore, not be towed to the police station but on the following day information reached the police that it had been burnt.

The Driver, Abass has been placed in custody while police investigates the matter. No one has been arrested in connection with the burning of the car.