General News of Tuesday, 27 August 2019

Source: starrfm.com.gh

Six dead in another gory accident on Wa-Nadowli highway

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Six persons have been confirmed dead with several others in critical condition in a gory accident on the Wa-Nadowli Highway.

The accident occurred Monday evening when a DAF truck with registration number GT-776 C moving in a police escort attempted to escape a pothole at Serekpere but skidded off the road and somersaulted several times.

Starr News’ Upper West Regional Correspondent Morris Banaamwine can confirm that the six persons who were confirmed dead by authorities of the Nadowli District hospital was as a result of severe internal bleeding when they were moved to the hospital for treatment.

The DAF truck was occupied by market women and men including their bags of maize and was heading from the Babile market to the Regional capital Wa.