The branch chairman of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) for Kwesikrom in the Ellembelle constituency, Salifu Issaka has died when a speeding truck hit him off a motorbike he was riding on a highway in the area.
The deceased, according to information gathered by Plan-B FM from the area, had just left a district court at Nkroful where a case he was involved was heard by the court and was on his way home when the unfortunate incident happened.
He was said to be driving in the same direction towards Elubo with the tipper truck with registration number GT 9652-17 and in the same lane on top speed. Persons who claim they were witnesses to the gory accident told this news portal that the deceased at a point attempted switch from the lane he was riding to another lane with the aim of overtaking the tipper truck. Unfortunately for him and unknown to him, the driver of the tipper truck had also started moving from the previous lane to the same lane the deceased was moving into.
The tipper driver who did not see Issaka hit him off the motorbike so hard that it threw him few metres from the accident scene. According to them it took the shouting of people around for the tipper driver to know what had happened and subsequently stopped.
Salifu Issaka reportedly died on the scene and it is believed to have died from the serious wounds he sustained in the accident. Persons around retrieved his body from the scene to the shoulders of the road to pave way for the smooth flow of traffic while the police was informed.
An assembly member for Kamgbunli where the accident occurred, Sheikh Ismaila Adulai confirmed the unfortunate incident and added that when he and some people arrived at the scene, they did not recognized the deceased due to what he described as severe wounds to his body especially his head.
He explained that as they were waiting for the police to arrive, they heard the sound of a mobile phone which was in the pocket of the deceased. They answered and the called demanded to speak to the deceased and that was when they realized who he was.
He added that the police retrieved the corpse of the NDC chairman as part of its investigation processes into the accident.
The driver of the tipper driver is helping the police with investigation into the accident.
At the time of filing this story, Plan-B FM had been informed that the deceased NDC chairman has been buried in line with his Islamic faith.
The Member of Parliament for the area, Emmanuel Armah Kofi Buah has taken to his social media page to express his paint at the death of the constituency chairman. He described the decased as someone who truly loved his party, the NDC and worked hard to support it anytime he was called to do so.
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