General News of Saturday, 27 October 2018

Source: mynewsgh.com

Tipper truck runs over okada rider on Tema Motoway

The identity of the deceased has not been confirmed yet The identity of the deceased has not been confirmed yet

A commercial motorbike operator popularly known as ‘okada’ in the local parlance was on Saturday morning crashed to death at Tema Motorway roundabout, MyNewsGh.com can confirm.

According to eyewitnesses, the incident happened at about 7:15 am on Saturday when the biker was trying to meander his way through the vehicles at an intersection where there was little traffic build up.

In the process, a tipper truck run over him killing him on the spot.


The identity of the deceased believed to be in his mid-30s, however, the police were invited to the scene to convey the body to the Tema General Hospital while efforts were underway to locate his family.