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23.02.2012 Crime & Punishment

Speeding vehicle kills 12-year old boy

By GNA
Speeding vehicle kills 12-year old boy
23.02.2012 LISTEN

Adidwan (Ash), Feb. 23, GNA – A 12-year old boy was knocked down and killed by a speeding vehicle at Adidwan near Asante-Mampong on the Kumasi-Ejura highway in the late afternoon of Wednesday.

Thomas Biney was crossing the road when the 207 Mercedes Benz passenger bus hit him.

Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) Benjamin Kwadwo Gyasi, Asante-Mampong Divisional Commander of the Motor Transport and Traffic Unit (MTTU), who confirmed the incident to the Ghana News Agency (GNA,) said the driver, Tazari Mumuni, has been arrested.

He was reported to have sped off after the accident and later abandoned the vehicle close to the Sataso community where the youth of the Adidwan traced the vehicle to the place and vandalized it.

DSP Gyasi called on drivers to be more careful on the road warning that those who ignore road safety regulations would be brought to justice.

The body of the deceased has since been deposited at the Asante-Mampong Government Hospital mortuary for autopsy.

GNA

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