General News of Sunday, 2 June 2013

Source: joyonline

Two dead in fatal road-accident involving MTN branded pick-up

A fatal road-accident involving an MTN branded pick-up and an articulated-truck on the Hohoe-Accra road Saturday is reported to have left two people dead and another with life threatening injuries.

Eyewitnesses said the two persons reported dead were both ladies believed to be in their late twenties on board the MTN vehicle while the driver is in critical condition.

The accident occurred around 7:30 pm and an eyewitness, Jonas Ahiafe told Joy News the articulated-truck, loaded with timber, was parked on the road without any warning sign.

According to him, the MTN pick-up, which was traveling from Accra to Hohoe, drove into the articulated truck and subsequently somersaulted.