Four killed and 12 injured in accidents at Awutu Beraku

Four people died at the spot and 12 others received various degree of injury, when four vehicles on which they were travelling were involved in two separate accidents near Awutu Beraku in the Central Region on the Winneba Accra road on Friday and Sunday.

According to the Awutu Police, one of the dead has been identified as Mr Emmanuel Effo, the 50-year old driver of the Urvan Bus.

The police said in the first accident, which happened on Friday, four people were killed on the spot and eight sustained injuries when a Land Cruiser with foreign registration No. XXX 3 X from Axim in the Western Region collided with an Urvan Bus with registration AS 3164 P.

According to the police in the second accident that occurred on Saturday

Four persons on board a Metro Mass Transport Bus, with Registration No.GR2010 U were injured when it crashed with a Ley Land DAF Articulator Truck with registration No. GT7210 A, loaded with scraps near Awutu Beraku.

The Police said the bodies have been deposited at the Winneba Government Hospital mortuary for autopsy, adding that, John Patrick Amoah, driver of the land cruiser and the other injured persons were receiving treatment at the same hospital.

Meanwhile information from the Winneba Hospital indicated that seven of the eight injured persons who were in critical condition, have been transferred to the Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital for further treatment.

The police said the driver of the Articulator truck involved in the second accident had been placed in police custody at Awutu Beraku, while the injured were on admission at the hospital. According to the police they were investigating the cause of the accidents.