Driver runs over daughter, killing her

Sekondi (Western Region) - The Police have arrested Joseph Mensah, a driver at Aiyinasi in the Nzema East District, for running over his one-year-old daughter with his bus. Chief Superintendent of Police, Isaaka Salami, Western Regional Crime Officer, told the GNA that the girl died on the spot.

He said Mensah was being held for careless driving and negligently causing harm. Salami said on April 17 the accused decided to drive his bus that was parked in his house to a welding workshop for repairs and in the process he ran over his daughter who was standing in front of the vehicle without noticing that she was there.