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This takes the death toll to 19.
The crash, which was between two VIPs on the Accra-Kumasi highway, claimed 16 lives on the spot.
Some of the bodies were dismembered.
About five ambulances rushed to the scene to convey the injured to nearby hospitals at Asafo, Kyebi and surrounding areas.
Also, heavy-duty vehicles converged on the scene to help with rescue efforts and clear the area of the wreckage.
The accident is said to have happened as one of the buses attempted overtaking the other.
The buses were two Kia Granbirds – one with registration number GT 5629-18 with passengers headed to Kumasi from Accra and the other with registration number GE 5510-15.
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Preliminary police investigation into the ghastly road accident at Akyem Asafo on the Accra-Kumasi highway has attributed it to driver recklessness.
The driver of one of the two buses involved in the accident was said to have attempted to overtake four long vehicles in a row, leading to a head-on collision.
As of 4 p.m. yesterday, 19 persons had been confirmed dead in the accident that occurred at about 1.30 a.m. yesterday when two KIA Granbird passenger buses, one of them VIP branded, collided head-on.
The VIP bus with registration number GE 5510 -15 was heading to Accra from Sankore in the Ahafo Region while the other bus with registration number GT 5629 - 18 was from Accra heading to Kumasi.
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The brawl followed the arrest of one of the residents after they stopped the erection of a signpost by a chief from Bomfa, a town in the District, Accra-based Citi FM reports.
Police, residents of Adwumakaase-Kese in Ashanti Region clash; two in critical condition…Photo credit: Ghana Police Service
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The mounting of the signpost followed a boundary dispute between the two towns.
The police reportedly shot into the crowd in the heat of the kerfuffle, injuring two who are said to be in critical condition, the outlet reports.
“The chiefs of the town have spoken to the youth to calm down, while they try to address the concerns. So at the moment, everything is calm,” Krontihene for the Adwumakaase-Kesse community, Nana Yeboah Mensah said.