Akufo Addo commiserates with families of Kintampo accident victims

The President of the Republic of Ghana, Nana Addo Dankwah Akufo-Addo, has sent a message of condolence to the families of the over 30 people who perished in the gruesome accident on the Kintampo-Tamale highway on Monday.
Over 30 passengers perished after a Yutong passenger bus which collided with a Mercedes Benz bus at Kintampo on the Kintampo – tamale road caught fire.
Unconfirmed reports suggest that the accident happened after the driver of the Yutong fell asleep leading to the head-on collision with the Benz bus which was also was full of passengers.
Both vehicles reportedly caught fire leading to the burning and subsequent death of the some of the passengers on board.
Only 6 out of the 36 passengers on board both vehicles survived the accident.
The President on Tuesday afternoon tweeted, “My sympathies and condolences go to all the families and loves ones of the deceased in Monday’s horrific accident on the Kintampo- Tamale Highway. May their souls Rest In Peace. I wish the injured a speedy recovery.”

Meanwhile, the Fire service commander for Kintampo, Do3 Ankomah Twineh, says the spot investigation by the fire service revealed that the driver of the Yutong bus was either sleeping or tired.
“The distance from the fire service station to the scene of the accident is quite far and so it was unfortunate that when we got there majority of the passengers had burnt to death. Our spot investigation reveals that the driver of the Yutong bus was either sleeping or tired because he veered off his lane leaving the driver of the sprinter bus no option than to  dodge. The driver of the sprinter bus tried dodging while the Yutong bus was also coming his direction so at the end the two buses left the road and collided outside both lanes,” he told Ekourba Gyasi on Atinka AM Drive Tuesday Morning.
 
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