A fire tender with registration number FS 551 that was on a mission to rescue a cargo truck with 260 bags of shea nuts broke down a few meters away from the accident scene at Kabampe, in the West Gonja Municipality of Savannah Region.
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Another Accident at Sarikura in the central Gonja district of the Savannah region involving another Garu-Kumasi bond Kia bus with registration number GR 7287-21 has claimed 2 lives and injured 14 others.
Among the injured is a 9 year little girl who suffered a fractured leg.
The Savannah Regional Commander of Ghana National Fire Service, ACFO, Kwesi Baffour Awuah who confirmed the incident to Joynews, said the accident occured around 10pm last night.
He said a rescue team from his outfit was quickly called to the scene and the injured were conveyed to the Holistic Medicare Hospital at Buipe.
He said the bus was from Garu in the Upper East Region to Kumasi in the Ashanti region but upon reaching Sarikura, near mile 40, the same spot where the two buses collided on resulting in the death of some 20 people, one of the front tyres of the bus burst forcing it onto the ground.
Seventeen persons have been confirmed dead in an accident that occurred on the Buipe-Tamale highway in the Central Gonja District of the Savannah Region Wednesday morning.
It happened at Mile 40 (Sarekyekura) near Fulfulso at about 12:12 am.
The deceased include 12 males, five females, one of which was a child.
Sixteen out of the 17 reportedly died on the spot while another died at the Holistic Medicare Hospital at Buipe.
The accident involved two buses with registration numbers GT 3345-16 and AC 1699-20.
They were traveling from Kumasi to Zebila and from Garu to Kumasi respectively when they ran into each other.
The Savannah Regional Commander of the Ghana National Fire Service (GNFS), Assistant Chief Fire Officer (ACFO), Mr Kwasi Baffour-Awuah who confirmed the accident to Graphic Online said the Buipe Fire Station received a distress call at 12.46 am and arrived at the accident scene at 1.20 am.