A tragic road accident at Akutuase, a town near Agogo in the Ashanti Region, on Monday evening has claimed five lives.
Eight others are in critical condition, reports Luv FM’s Erastus Asare-Donkor.
Eyewitnesses told police a KIA truck loaded with yam collided head-on with a Ford transit passenger bus.
Konongo Divisional Police Commander, Supt Ohene Boadi Bossman, told Erastus information they have gathered indicate the KIA truck was overtaking another vehicle at a spot close to Akutuase Junction when it collided head-on with the passenger bus.
The driver of the KIA truck and his assistant have absconded from the accident scene, according to police.
More soon.
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