A tragic accident on the Tamale-Buipe Highway has left at least ten people feared dead, with several others sustaining injuries, according to a report by myjoyonline.com.
The report indicates that the accident involved a Tamale-Kumasi-bound VVIP bus, registered AP 24-21, which veered off the road while attempting to overtake two vehicles.
Police officers at the scene swiftly rescued the injured and transported them to medical facilities. Survivors recounted their harrowing experience, describing how their journey began in heavy rainfall at 7:32 a.m. on Thursday, before the crash occurred at Alipe in the Central Gonja District.
Amatus Kargu, one of the survivors, explained that the bus was carrying fifteen missionaries traveling to Kumasi.
He lamented that the driver’s overtaking maneuver led to the disaster. “After attempting to overtake a second vehicle, he lost control and went off the road,” Kargu reportedly said.
Meanwhile, some commercial drivers who rushed to the accident scene attributed the crash to sand deposits on the road—left by tipper truck operators—which they said made the surface slippery.
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