The Police at Mankessim in the Central Region at the weekend had a hectic time in preventing a mob from lynching a fuel tanker driver, who caused three separate accidents within 10 minutes in which two people were killed.

Yaw Nkrumah, who was driving a Mercedes Benz tanker with registration number GR 5751 K was alleged to have knocked down two men, Mohammed Seidu, 29 and Kwame Jones, 26 at Baifikrom, near Mankessim between 18:00 hours 19:00 hours on Saturday but failed to stop to attend to the victims, who were seriously injured.

A Police source said on Tuesday that after driving a distance of about two kilometres from the accident spot Nkrumah again knocked down an eleven-year old boy, Nana Yaw at Mankessim killing him instantly and again sped off without stopping.

On reaching Ewooya Junction at Saltpond Zongo, about six kilometres from the spot of the second accident, the tanker ran over a taxicab with registration number AS 1359 S, which was coming from the opposite direction killing the driver, the only occupant, instantly before landing into a ditch.

The bodies of the deceased have been deposited at the Central Regional Hospital at Cape Coast while the injured have also been admitted at the same hospital.