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23.09.2014 General News

Beauty Queen In Accident, Father Dead

23.09.2014 LISTEN
By Daily Guide

Dzifa Nukulenu, newly-crowned face of Asogli 2014, on Saturday reportedly escaped death narrowly when a pick-up in which she was traveling with her family rammed a Kia truck that was parked on the road.

The father of the beauty queen, who was said to be driving the pick-up, report-edly died on the spot.

Miss Nukulenu and her mother were revived at the Peki Government Hospital, but said to be in critical condition. Togbe Kotoko XI, Chairman of the 2014 Asogli Yam Festival Planning Committee, told the Ghana News Agency (GNA) that Miss Nukulenu and her family were going back home to Peki from a dinner dance to climax this year's Asogli Yam Festival in Ho.

He said the vehicle in which Miss Nukulenu and her family crashed into the parked Kia truck full of charcoal between Asikuma and Peki. Miss Nukulenu, 21, a level 200 student of the University of Ghana, was crowned face of Asogli 2014 on Saturday, September 13, 2014 and presented with a car prize.

She was also made the 'Educational Ambassador' for Asogli State and tasked to help address poor academic perform-ance of pupils in the area.

GNA

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