Two persons died when a Metro Mass Transit (MMT) bus run into the trailer of a Man diesel vehicle at Nyankomasi in the Assin North District in the Central Region.
The body of a young woman aged 24, who is yet to be identified and that of one Hannah Kobina, who died on admission had been deposited at the morgue of the Komfo Anokye Hospital.
About fifty others who sustained various degrees of injuries were treated and discharged at the St. Francis Xavier Polyclinic at Assin Fosu.
The Public Relations Officer (PRO) in the Central Region, ASP Irene Oppong, said a diesel truck with registration number AS 7994-10 loaded with coal was traveling from Takoradi to Kumasi, while the metro mass transit bus with registration number AS 5664-Z was traveling from Kumasi to Takoradi with a set of passengers on board.
According to her, a spot just after a factory called Fruit land, in the Assin North District, both vehicles grazed each other with the driver’s side, causing extensive damage to the metro mass.
The driver of the Articulator vehicle, who escaped unhurt, had been arrested by the police to assist in investigation.