8 die in Sunyani-Berekum Highway crash

Eight  persons, includ­ing mourners, who were returning from a funeral, died in a tragic crash on the Berekum-Sunyani Highway, in the Bono Region.

They were confirmed dead in the accident which occurred at the Amanfoso portion of the highway.

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Ms Abigail Atinpoka, the Bono Regional Head of the National Road Safety Authority (NRSA), confirmed the tragedy, saying the bodies: five males and three females, had been deposit­ed at the Berekum Holy Family Hospital mortuary.

She told the Ghana News Agency (GNA) that the crash involved a Toyota Corolla taxicab with registration number AS 4819-17 and another vehicle with registration number GN 5753-12.

Ms Atinpoka said the driver lost control of the vehicle car­rying mourners from Dor­maa-Ahenkro to Sunyani.

She stated that in the pro­cess, the vehicle crossed onto the lane of the taxicab, which was coming from the oppo­site direction, resulting in the accident.

Mrs Atinpoka said the only two survivors, who were rushed to the Berekum Holy Family and Sunyani Teaching hospitals, were in critical condition.

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