Adansi (Ash), June 10, GNA - Four people died and three sustained various degrees of injury on Monday in a fatal accident involving three vehicles at Adansi near Asankare in the Asante Akyem South District. The dead and the injured persons, who are yet to be identified, have been sent to the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital in Kumasi. It took a combined team of the fire service personnel from Nkawkaw and Konogo over an hour to cut-open the wreckage before removing the bodies of the deceased.

The accident, which occurred at 2300 hours, resulted in a heavy traffic jam for several hours.

According to an eye witness account, a cargo truck with a registration number AS 5767 C was parked by the road side for the past four days with part of its body occupying the main road.

During that time, a DAF cargo truck with a registration number GR 1558 K loaded with tiles heading towards Kumasi, on reaching the spot veered into the opposite lane to avoid running into the parked truck. In the process, it collided with a KIA truck with a registration number AS 50372 Z loaded with charcoal, killing four persons instantly, two on board each vehicle.

Superintendent Francis Oppong, District Police Commander, when contacted confirmed the accident, adding that the police had mounted a search for the driver of the parked truck who fled the scene after the accident.