According to the police, the Mercedes Sprinter bus, with registration number AS 4373-15, veered off the road, and hit an electrical pole, resulting in the accident.
All the 23 passengers, including the driver, Robert Mensah,39, and four children, sustained injuries, and were rushed to the Greenshield and Peace and Grace hospitals, at Sefwi Bekwai, but two of them were pronounced dead on arrival.
Those who sustained severe injuries, have been transferred to the Sefwi Wiawso and Bibiani hospitals for further treatment.
One of the dead has been identified as Mamle Tettey, 35, while the other, a male, is yet to be identified, the police reported, adding that the bodies had been deposited at the Bibiani Hospital awaiting postmortem.
Briefing The Ghanaian Times, the Sefwi Bekwai District Police Commander, Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) Valentine .K. Akposu, said at about 10 am, yesterday, Mensah, was driving the Mercedes Benz Sprinter bus from Sefwi Wiawso to Kumasi, and, on reaching a section of the highway at Dansukrom, near Sefwi Bekwai, he lost control and the vehicle veered of the road and hit an electric pole.
“According to the passengers there was a tyre burst and so the driver lost control and that’s why he hit the electric pole. He might have stepped on the break,” he explained.
ASP Akposu advised drivers who ply the Kumasi–Sefwi Wiawso highway to be cautious and drive with care.
From Clement Adzei Boye, Sekondi
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