3 Burnt To Death
Three people were burnt to death in a ghastly road accident that
occurred at Kikam in the Ellembelle District of the Western Region on
Wednesday at about 8:30 pm.
The three passengers and the driver were on board a Hyundai Grace
mini bus and were travelling from Takoradi towards Half-Assini in the
Jomoro District of the region when the accident happened.
DAILY GUIDE gathered that the mini bus,
which was carrying some gallons of premix fuel, crashed into a Toyota
saloon car, which was moving from Takoradi towards Esiama in the
Ellembelle District.
According to sources, the mini bus caught fire immediately after the crash.
According to eyewitnesses, its driver and that of the saloon car
managed to escape with serious burns and were rushed to the hospital for
treatment.
“The three passengers occupying the back seat of the mini bus were all trapped and burnt to death,” an eyewitness asserted.
He alleged that the private saloon car lost control and collided with the commercial vehicle.
Confirming the story to DAILY GUIDE, Felix
Dickson Anyimah, assembly member for Kikam Electoral Area, maintained
that the driver of the saloon car decided to make a U-turn when he got
to Kikam.
“In the process, the car veered into the lane of the mini bus and the
bus rammed the side of the car. The bus caught fire and the three
passengers on board were burnt to death,” he narrated.
The assembly man told DAILY GUIDE, after
personnel of the Ghana Fire Service in the area had brought the inferno
under control, that the residents realized that one of the victims had
been burnt beyond recognition.
He disclosed that the driver of the salon car, who sustained some
burns, was rushed to the Eikwe Hospital in the Ellembelle District for
treatment.
“The commercial driver, who was initially sent to the Axim Government
Hospital, was later sent to the Effia-Nkwanta Regional Hospital in
Sekondi for medical attention,” he added.
Speaking to journalists on his hospital bed, the driver, who gave his
name as Kwesi Nkum, said they were four in the car, including his
younger brother, who was also burnt to death.
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