A devastating accident at the Asukawkaw Market in the Krachi East Municipality of the Oti Region has claimed four lives and left 14 others with serious injuries.

The tragedy occurred on Thursday when a fuel tanker ran into a crowd of market women and children.

According to the Assembly Member for the Asukawkaw Electoral Area, Mark Oduro, the victims included three women and a one-year-old girl who were conducting their daily business when the tanker driver lost control and crashed into them.

“It is a very sad day for our community. The victims were market women going about their normal activities when the tanker hit them. We have lost three women and a girl believed to be about one year old. Fourteen others have sustained various injuries,” he told OTEC News Reporter Kwame Agyenim Boateng.

The tanker driver has been arrested by the Katanga District Police to assist with investigations into the cause of the accident.

The bodies of the deceased have been taken to the Worawora Government Hospital morgue, while the injured are receiving treatment at nearby health facilities.

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