Four persons died, two on the spot and the other two later in the hospital, when a 33-seater Benz passenger bus and a Hyundai truck collided at Mempeasem on the Elmina-Takoradi Highway on Easter Monday.
Twenty-eight others who sustained serious injuries are on admission at the Central Regional Hospital in Cape Coast.
According to the Elmina District Police Commander, Superintendent Joseph Haywoode, the accident occurred around 6 p.m. when the Hyundai truck, which was heading towards Takoradi, in an attempt to overtake a fleet of vehicles, ran into the Benz bus which was coming from Takoradi.
Supt Haywoode said even though the driver of the passenger bus attempted to avoid the truck, he could not because the truck had completely taken over his lane.
He said so far only the driver of the Benz bus had been identified as Joseph Essien, while the rest of the victims were yet to be identified.
He said the impact was so great that the passengers sustained serious injuries, with one woman having one of her legs completely chopped off.
Supt Haywoode said people had been trooping to the hospital to look for their relatives.
He attributed the seriousness of the injuries sustained by the passengers to the rough metals used in making the seats of the Benz bus.
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