Accident claims lives of 14 choir members

Fourteen Choir Members of the Madina Branch of the Evangelical Presbyterian, (EP) Church, Ghana, on Saturday died on the spot when the vehicle - 38 sitter Mercedes Benz - on which they were travelling was involved in a motor accident at Akpafu-Todzi in the Volta region. They had attended a funeral of Mrs. Theodora Ntumi, former catchiest of the Church.

Twenty-Eight others, who were seriously injured, are on admission at the Hohoe Government Hospital, while the bodies of the deceased had been deposited at the mortuary, the Police said.

The dead including eight men and six women were yet to be identified.

Those on admission included Paul Sai, the Driver of the Benz Bus, Sophia Lagbagra Adadevoh, the Madina EP Church Circuit Secretary, Michael Kudiavor, Circuit Organiser and Public Relations Office (PRO).

Others are, Foster Kwashie, unemployed, Gladys Legbedze, and Joyce Antwi, both traders.

Mr James Dogbe, Hohoe District Chief Executive (DCE) visited the victims at the hospital to console and wish them speedy recovery.

According to an eye witnesses account, the truck veered from the road and hit an embarkment after the driver lost control.

The Police are continuing with their investigations.