About 9am, firefighters were called to clean up the spill, following reports the road was slippery and dangerous to drive on.
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Oil spillage causes accident on Tema Motorway
An oil spill on the Accra-Tema Motorway contributed to eight accidents on Tuesday morning and extensive traffic delays while the clean-up took place.
Oil spillage (File photo)
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The spillage occurred between Coca Cola and KICC on the motorway.
Oil spillage causes accident on Tema Motorway
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Four persons sustained injuries when the vehicles they were travelling on got involved in an accident and were rushed to the Tema General Hospital.
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The Second-in-Command of the Tema office of the Ghana National Fire Service, Divisional Officer 1, (DO1) Timothy Osafo Afum said the accident occurred after a Toyota Corolla with registration number GE 1640-15 skidded off the road and spilled its fuel content on portions of the road.
Fuel spillage causes accident
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According to him, the road became slippery which resulted in a second accident involving a Nissan Navarra Pick-up with registration number GN 9099-16 which also skidded off the road injuring the driver on board.
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