Scores narrowly escape death in Kumasi-Accra road accident

Scores of passengers travelling on seven different vehicles sustained various degrees of injuries after the vehicles they were traveling in were involved in an accident.

The accident happened in the early hours of Tuesday between the Apedwa Junction and Bunsu Junction section of the Accra-Kumasi Highway.

A trailer was said to have suffered brake failure on the rain-soaked road and crashed into a bus ahead it.

Other vehicles reportedly rammed into the crashed vehicles in the middle of the road and veered off into the bush nearby.

Two trailers, a VIP, VVIP, Metro Mass Transit buses and a salon car were involved in the crash.

The victims who were conveyed to the Kyebi Government Hospital, Hawa Memorial Hospital in Kyebi and Osiem respectively are said to be responding to treatment.

Some passengers trying to retrieve their belonging from one of the vehicles .

Story by Ghana|Myjoyonline.com