A Head-on collision between two manganese haulage trains at Angu and Manso in the Western Region Friday evening, has led to the death of several individuals.
Several others are also injured as a result of the gory incident.
A Public Relations Officer at the Ghana Railways Company Limited, Thomas Brown who confirmed the incident noted that the incident was caused following a suspected faulty breaking system.
“Information about the accident started coming through from 11pm. It indicated that one of the haulage trains carrying Manganese was coming from Takoradi to Nsuta and the empty haulage truck was also heading to Takoradi from Nsuta when they collided at Angu-Manso. The trains had two passengers each, thus an Engine man and his assistant.
We have information that there has been some fatalities and some severe injuries but we are unable to confirm the exact number of the death out of the four since we are making our way there for the technical briefing”, he said.
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