General News of Thursday, 12 April 2007

Source: GNA

Three holiday makers died in accident

Kasoa (C/R) April 12, GNA-Three persons died on the spot and over 20 others received various degree of injuries when a Tipper truck on which they were traveling from Bortiano beach on Easter Monday was involved in an accident near Amanfrom.

Two of the dead had been identified as Yakuba Kadari, a girl from Kasoa and Tetteh Ashalley, aged, 20 from Domiabra near Kasoa. The Kasoa District Commander of the Motor and Traffic Transport Unit (MTTU) DSP Michael Roland Nyaaba told the Ghana News Agency on Thursday that the tipper truck was avoiding a collision with another vehicle when it veered off the road.

Mr. Nyaaba said the injured had been rushed to the Korle Bu and 37 Military hospitals in Accra and the Winneba Government hospital. He said the bodies have been deposited at Korle Bu Teaching Hospital mortuary for autopsy while police investigation continues.