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General news for Saturday, February 27, 2021
Source: FM class
02/27/2021
The accident was between two VIPs on the Accra-Kumasi highway.
Three more people have died in the Akyem Asafo accident that occurred at dawn on Friday.
This brings the death toll to 19.
The accident, which took place between two VIPs on the Accra-Kumasi highway, claimed 16 lives at the scene.
Some of the bodies were dismembered.
About five ambulances rushed to the scene to transport the injured to nearby hospitals in Asafo, Kyebi and the surrounding areas.
Additionally, heavy vehicles converged on the scene to assist with rescue efforts and clear the area of wreckage.
The accident is said to have occurred when one of the buses tried to overtake the other.
The buses were two Kia Granbirds, one with the registration number GT 5629-18 with passengers heading to Kumasi from Accra and the other with the registration number GE 5510-15.
Both drivers were among the dead.
Some locals say that a three-year-old boy was among the dead.
The other passengers who survived with fatal injuries were taken to Suhum Government Hospital and Akyem Asafo Health Center for emergency treatment.
The bodies had to be extracted from the buses arranged by a team of lifeguards made up of police, firefighters and paramedics from Suhum, Bunso, Kibi and Ayensuano.
They have been deposited in the morgue of the Suhum Government Hospital.
