Malian fuel tanker involved in accident

Tema, Dec 28, GNA - Some young people resident in Tema ignored the presence of security personnel and scooped diesel that had spilled on the road at the VALCO roundabout in Tema when a Malian tanker loaded with 5,000 litters of diesel was involved in an accident on Saturday afternoon. But the police, led by Assistant Superintendent of Police Alice Gyamfi, Tema Commander of the Tema Motor Transport and Traffic Unit, managed drive the people away to prevent a disaster similar to what happened in the Brong-Ahafo Region where many people died when a fuel was involved in an accident and caught fire.

Eye witnesses said the tanker that was travelling from the Tema motor-way end of the road to the Tema Oil Refinery (TOR) hit the side wall of the road and turned on its side while negotiating a curve. Both the driver and his mate sustained injuries and were taken to the Tema General Hospital. A tanker was brought in to siphon the remaining fuel from the accident vehicle.