Regional News of Monday, 4 July 2022Source: www.ghanaweb.comTaxi, tipper truck collide in AhafoSeven passengers onboard speeding taxi die in accidentFirefighters responding to accident involved in accidentSome eight lives have been lost in a head-on collision that occurred on the Kwapong-Nobekaw road in the Asunafo South District in the Ahafo Region. The accident involving a taxi cab with registration number GT 7008 – X, and a tipper truck with registration number GC 7955-20, is reported to have occurred at about 9:30 a.m. last Thursday. All seven people onboard the taxi including the driver, died on the spot, in addition to one of the four passengers who were onboard the tipper truck. He indicated that instead of four passengers, the driver was carrying six passengers. The commander stated that preliminary investigations had established the cause of the accident to be overspeeding on the part of the taxi driver who veered off his lane into that of the tipper truck, resulting in the head-on collision.

Source: GhanaWeb July 04, 2022 20:23 UTC