Nine persons died on the spot on Sunday dawn when two Toyota Hiace buses belonging to 2M Express Company Limited were involved in a head-on collision at Birimso near Bunso on the Accra-Kumasi highway in the Eastern Region.
The accident that occurred around 4:30am on March 26 left about 19 other passengers with serious injuries.
The two buses with registration number GN 3229-21 and GN 8292-20 with a total of 28 passengers aboard, according to a report by Starrfm.com.gh, were speeding,.
One of the buses that was travelling from Accra was said to have veered off its lane and in the process ran into the oncoming bus from Kumasi close to another accident scene involving a trailer truck.
Drivers and residents nearby rushed to the scene to support the rescue effort.
Kwame Dan, a driver who went to the scene claimed the 2M Express buses excessively speed on the road.
According to the Bunso Station Officer of Ghana National Fire Service, ADO II Samuel Doe, a rescue team was dispatched to the scene immediately after receiving a distress call about the crash around 4:30am.
He said victims trapped in the car were extricated and were sent to Kibi Government Hospital and Hawa Memorial Saviour Hospital in Kyebi and Osiem respectively.
He described the impact of the crash as devastating as one of the vehicles mangled to size of a taxi.
He disputed claims that the Toyota Hiace Bus from Kumasi might have swerved the fallen container causing the collision.
“The trailer carrying container had accident there but when you observe you can see that the container is not in the middle of the road .some people were saying the vehicle from Kumasi swerved the container but looking at the scene actually you could observe that the car that was coming from Kumasi was in its lane correctly that the one coming from Accra diverted to the Kumasi lane. From my observation I will say the accident wasn’t caused by the trailer,” he told Starrfm.
In a related development, a Hyundai mini bus with registration number GB 4644-20 from Juapong to Tema collided head-on with an articulated truck with registration number GT 6473-21 killing six instantly in front of the King David’s College at Kpong in the Eastern Region on Saturday.
Two other persons – the driver of the Hyundai bus and a female passenger- who were in critical condition also died later at the hospital.
The articulated truck was said to be carrying pavement blocks from Tema heading towards Akosombo.
The Hyundai driver, according to eye witness attempted to swerve a stationary bus with Registration number GW 6464-22 parked for almost two weeks but crashed into the truck from the opposite direction of the road.