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General News of Thursday, 28 March 2019

Source: Emmanuel Yaw Acheampong,ISD

One dead in Accident at Akyem Manso

The accident occurred Tuesday afternoon at about 2pm The accident occurred Tuesday afternoon at about 2pm

One person is reported dead while three others sustained various degrees of injury at a gory accident that occurred at a place popularly known as ‘Manso Foot Bridge’ on the Oda-Manso road.

The body of the deceased identify as Akua Boaduwaa, 52 according to police report has been deposited at the Oda Government Hospital.

The police said, the accident which occurred Tuesday afternoon at about 2:00pm when the driver of a Kia-Bongo truck with registration number GE 683-19 transporting food stuff from Akroso to Oda lost control of the steering wheel after bouncing in a huge potholes causing the driver to lose control of the vehicle and smashed into a tree before running into a ditch killing the 52 year old woman.

Eyewitness account indicated that, the Kia truck was on high speed before bouncing into the potholes and lost control of the steering wheel.

The driver of the vehicle who was also among two other injured are receiving treatment at the same facility where the dead is deposited.