Passengers onboard bus catch flames at Akomadan

A passenger bus caught fire at the Police Barrier in Akomadan on the Offinso-Nkenkaasu road in the Ashanti Region.

The bus, believed to be an OA Bud was heading to Kumasi from Lawra in the Upper West Region when the accident occurred.

An eye witness who spoke this portal said he saw the passenger bus which was on top speed catch fire after the driver applied breaks at the Police check point.

“Some of the passengers tried hard to break the glass and exit while several others were heard screaming in pain as the fire burnt the bus…,” he said.

One of the passengers who managed to escape narrated that the bus was full of passengers when they set off from Lawra.

“However, about 10 people alighted when we reached Techiman and two others also joined so in all we were about 37 in the bus because the bus takes about 45 people…,” he said.

The fire, he said started from the front of the vehicle.

The accident comes a day after 17 persons died in an accident at Offinso-Abofour in the region on Monday, 1st November 2021.