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The Ghana National Fire Service (GNFS) has confirmed the death of five people following a road accident at Asikuma Junction in the Asuogyaman District of the Eastern Region.
According to the GNFS, the Asikuma Junction road accident involved a grey Toyota Noah with registration number GX 422-25 and a tipper truck with registration number GT 725-19.
The GNFS revealed, out of a total of nine (9) casualties, four (4), including a minor, were successfully rescued.
The injured victims have been transported to the Peki Government Hospital by the National Ambulance Service, with the five dead handed over to the police.
In a Facebook post, the GNFS indicated, “ The Peki Fire Station received a distress call reporting a road traffic accident at Asikuma Junction in the Asuogyaman District of the Eastern Region.
A rescue team, led by AstnO Fred Aganu, accompanied by the Acting District Fire Officer, ADO I Godwin Gbedemah, was dispatched to the scene.
The accident involved a grey Toyota Noah with registration number GX 422-25 and a tipper truck with registration number GT 725-19.
Out of a total of nine (9) casualties, four (4), including a minor, were successfully rescued by the team and transported to the Peki Government Hospital by the National Ambulance Service. The remaining five (5) were, however, unresponsive and were handed over to the police”.
In related news, Several Ghanaians are feared dead following an accident near the Kasoa tollbooth in the Central Region.
According to reports, the accident happened today, Sunday, October 26.
The information gathered suggests a Sprinter minibus, registration GW 7455-18, collided with the rear of a Jeep 4×4, registration GR 7673, when it was reversing on the highway.
The fully loaded minibus, en route to Kasoa, somersaulted multiple times.
The multiple somersaults resulted in several immediate fatalities.
Paramedics faced a challenge securing a referral for a critically injured passenger.
Reports suggest that there was no major health facility immediately available to admit the patient after initial treatment at the Ngleshie Amanfro Polyclinic.
Paramedics on the scene struggled to transfer the patient lasted nearly an hour.
Meanwhile, Police and emergency services have yet to release an official statement on the number of casualties.
