Even before the festive season kicks in, 3 lives would have been lost had God not intervened to preserve those souls.
The Dzorwulu junction was the centre when a long vehicle with registration number AS 9750-G forcefully hit the rear end of an articulator truck with registration number GT 8033-09 forcing the tomato-paste loaded vehicle to move a good 30 metres before stopping.
According to Muntari Ibrahim, driver of the hit truck when he got to Dzorwulu junction, he asked his mate to check upon a tyre they had replaced whiles in Kumasi to ascertain whether it had deflated only to feel the forceful impact which led to portions of his back door and rear end being torn away.
He said the incident happened around 3:30 am Sunday dawn adding that the damage done to his goods and vehicle runs into several thousands of cedis.
Ibrahim, a driver serving with Tumfuor Haulage and Logistics indicated that he was coming from a warehouse in Tema enroute to Kumasi to supply Gino and Pomo tomato-pastes and fish to retailers when the other driver rammed into his vehicle causing the damage, a story corroborated by bystanders.
Although no deaths were recorded, the mate whose master caused the damage sustained minor injuries on his arm, his master perhaps of fright is said to have escaped leaving his vehicle and mate behind.
The impact of the crash was so severe that the front or head of the AS 9750 G vehicle is said to have ejected and hit the back of a 4x4 vehicle but the driver of the private vehicle perhaps not wanting a police case or out of fright is said to have sped away without waiting to be checked upon.
As it stands the police have caused the abandoned truck to be towed to the side of the road to allow vehicles to pass through without hindrance. Mr. Ibrahim meanwhile has served notice that his employers will lodge a complaint with a court to seek compensation for the damaged wares.
Checks done by this writer appear to indicate that the driver rammed into Ibrahim’s vehicle because he had dozed off and not because of brake failure as some had speculated.
Road safety campaigners have called on drivers to rest whiles tired instead of going ahead to steer vehicles when tired, intoxicated or not thinking straight, but many have failed to heed the advice.