One journalist is reported to be in critical condition at the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH), while seven others including the Daily Graphic’s Emmanuel Baah sustained minor injuries when their media vehicle was involved in an accident on Friday on the Obuasi-Anwiankwanta road.
The journalists were part of a convoy of the Ashanti Regional Minister, Simon Osei Mensah, during the second day of his inspection of projects in the region when a private vehicle rammed into their bus.
On Thursday, the team toured KATH’s Mother and Baby Unit and the Kumasi Airport to assess the progress of work.
The team was in Obuasi on Friday to inspect some road construction works and was returning to Kumasi to assess work on Kumasi roads when the accident occurred.
Mr Baah, the Graphic’s ace cameraman in the Ashanti region, just like the rest have been given a medical form by the police and is currently at KATH for treatment.
Source: Graphic
In other news: Six classrooms , one office razed by fire at Atwima Nwabiagya
Six classrooms and an office of the St. Lisbert International School at Abuakwa in the Atwima Nwabiagya South Municipality of the Ashanti Region was razed by fire on Friday dawn.
Speaking to Atinka News, some students at the school said the fire started around 5 am and all efforts by the students and their staff to douse it proved futile.
Due to this, the six classrooms and the office completely burnt before the arrival of the fire service.
“Earlier, our light went off so we thought the credit on our prepaid metre had finished so we did not pay attention to it until we later saw some flames coming out from the assistant housemaster’s room,” they emphasized.
Meanwhile, D.O.3 James Akowuah, the Nkwawie Fire Commander said, his men rushed to the scene immediately after they received the call but unfortunately six(6) out of twenty four (24) classrooms were burnt.
He, therefore, admonished management at the various institutions to at least get fire extinguishers in the various offices to help prevent any fire outbreak.
