Reports suggest over 50 Ghanaian students are battling for their lives after a horror crash.
According to the reports, the horrific tragedy occurred in the Krachi East Municipality when a vehicle transporting over 50 students from the Inter-Circuit Sports Tournament was involved in a violent accident.
The information gathered on Saturday evening disclosed that at least 50 students were battling for their lives in various medical facilities in the Oti Region.
The horror crash occurred on the stretch between Tokuroano and Dormabin while the students were returning from the sports tournament held at Adokwanta.
Eyewitnesses at the scene depicted the chaotic and heart-wrenching sight as the vehicle packed with the young athletes veered off the road. The impact was so severe that students were thrown from the wreckage.
A report by JOYNEWS stated, “Emergency responders and Good Samaritans worked frantically to pull survivors from the mangled remains. Due to the high number of casualties, the victims had to be spread across multiple jurisdictions to avoid overwhelming a single clinic.
The scale of the tragedy has forced a multi-facility medical response. The injured have been distributed based on the severity of their wounds:
Worawora Government Hospital: Receiving the most critical cases requiring specialist surgical intervention.
Dormabin Health Centre: Managing dozens of students with fractures and lacerations.
Tokuroano Health Facility: Acting as a primary stabilising point for those with less life-threatening injuries”.
The report further disclosed, “News of the crash has sent shockwaves through the Krachi East education circuit. Parents who had spent the day cheering for their children at Adokwanta are now flocking to hospital wards in search of information.
While official casualty figures are still being clarified, medical sources at Worawora confirm that the number of hospitalised students is nearly 50, with several still in “unstable” condition”.
In related news, 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”.