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BY: George Folley
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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.
Kumasi congested as commuters besiege CBD for Christmas shopping
The Kumasi Central Business District (CBD), one of West Africa’s busiest commercial areas, has seen huge traffic congestion as commuters besiege the area for Christmas shopping.
Vehicles plying Adum, Central Market and Kejetia are finding it difficult to move freely in the midst of the congestion as personnel of the Police Motor Traffic and Transport Department (MTTD) direct their movement.
The situation had compelled some drivers, especially those plying the Tech-Junction-Adum, Atonsu-Agogo-Roman-Hill, Bantama-Adum roads to drop off passengers at the Labour Roundabout Car Terminal. This is to ostensibly avoid being caught up in the traffic congestion.