MyNewsGh.com has confirmed two of seven soldiers who were involved in a crash on Thursday are in critical condition have been airlifted to Accra for further medical attention.
The 5 others who are recuperating and still on admission at the Bolgatanga Hospital according to sources available to MyNewsGh.com.
It is gathered that the two who injuries are severe, were advised to seek proper medical attention by Doctors in Bolgatanga who attended to them and as a result, the military high command made some arrangements to fly them to the nation’s capital.
Yesterday, Minister of Defense Hon. Dominic Nitiwul has visited the injured soldiers to assess their condition and also provide some form of assistance under the instructions of President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo.
On Thursday, the occupants of an armored military vehicle sustained various degrees of injuries after they were involved in an accident in Bolgatanga, the Upper East Regional capital.
The accident involving the armored vehicle commonly referred to as MOWAG and another light arms police vehicle MyNewsGh.com gathered, was said to be part of the President’s convoy heading to the Bolgatanga Regional House of chiefs on the Bolgatanga-Navrongo highway.
Local reports suggested that the MOWAG collided head-on with the police vehicle and somersaulted as it tried to catch up with the pace of the presidential convoy.
The injured were immediately rushed to the Bolgatanga Hospital.
Source: MyNewsGh.com
