5 dead, 14 others in critical condition in Kasoa – Cape Coast highway accident

Five persons have died while 14 others have been injured in an accident at Gomoa Antseadze on the Kasoa – Cape Coast road, Saturday.

The accident which occurred this morning is said to have caused a lot of traffic on the road.

Officers of the Ghana Police Service and National Fire Service are on hand to control the situation.

The accident was between an articulator truck with the registration number AS 8726-10 which collided with a Toyota minibus with registration number Gx 3045-18.

According to an eyewitness, Emmanuel Amoh, the truck made a wrongful overtaking and collided with the passenger car with 19 people on board.

The members of the Good Shepherd Methodist Church in Takoradi were attending the funeral of one of their members in Accra when they were involved in an accident.

Meanwhile, Apam District Police Commander DSP Moses Osakonor said, those feared dead and the injured have been rushed to Apam Government Hospital.