Kintampo accident: "Yutong bus driver was either sleeping or tired"- Fire officer

Fire Service Commander for Kintampo, DO3 Ankomah Twineh, has described the accident on the Kintampo-Tamale high way as horrible.
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 some passengers.
Speaking to host of Atinka FM’s ‘AM Drive’ Ekourba Gyasi Simpremu, Fire Service Commander for Kintampo, DO3 Ankomah Twineh, says the accident was an eyesore and that the service would like to extend its condolence to the families of the bereaved.
According to him, it would be very difficult for the families of the 27 passengers who are burnt to identify them.
Asked whether the preliminary investigations by the fire service has revealed the cause of the accident, DO3 Ankomah Twineh stated that there are different versions to the cause of the accident.
He added that the information the Fire Service gathered at the scene indicated that the driver of the Yutong bus was either sleeping or was 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 the majority of the passengers had been 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 with no option than to dodge. The driver of the Sprinter bus tried dodging while the Yutong bus was also coming to his direction so in the end, the two buses collided outside their lanes,” he narrated.
Although he noted that the cause of the fire after the accident is yet to be ascertained by the Fire Service, he disputed claims that diesel buses are not likely to catch fire in the event of an accident.
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