Police have confirmed the death of two people in a highway accident on the Nkawkaw by-pass stretch of the Accra-Kumasi Road.

Describing the accident as "very fatal", an eyewitness earlier told Joy News he saw dead bodies strewed the ground.

He suspected that the vehicle, Mercedes Benz Splinter, burst a tyre and somersaulted.

The car with registration number AW 159-13 was completely damaged, he said.

Meanwhile, Eastern Regional MTTU Commander, Chief Inspector Samuel Tetteh told Joy News the accident occurred around 4:00pm today.

The vehicle burst the rear tyre and ended up in a ditch, he confirmed.

He said a boy, 14, and a woman, 40, died in the accident. Twenty six (26) passengers were on-board the vehicle.

The bodies of the two have been deposited at the Holy Family Hospital at Nkawkaw.