A number of passengers are feared dead following an accident that occurred at Obretima at dawn on September 20, in the Suhum Municipality of the Eastern Region.
It took personnel of the Ghana National Fire Service (GNFS) hours to rescue the trapped victims.
The accident involved a VIP bus and a diesel fuel tanker. Preliminary investigations by personnel of the Fire Service suggest that the tire of the fuel tanker, traveling from Accra to Kumasi, burst, causing it to veer into the lane of the VIP bus coming from Tamale to Accra.
The central part of the bus sustained heavy impact, resulting in passengers being trapped.