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30 dead in accident at Savelugu

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About 30 people are feared dead in a motor accident at Savelugu in the Northern Region Saturday morning. The accident occurred when a Benz bus travelling from Kumasi to Bolgatanga collided with a Tamale-bound Metro-Mass Transit bus. An eye witness told Joy News that aside the dead, they are experiencing difficulties in carrying the injured to the hospital. Inspector Alex Oppong of the Northern Regional Motor Traffic and Transport Unit (MTTU), who visited the scene, narrated to Joy News that the Metro-Mass Transit bus was travelling from Bolgatanga to Tamale. He said, at Pong-Tamale, near Savelugu, the Benz bus which was travelling from Kumasi to Bolgatanga in an attempt to over-take a car run into the lane of the Metro-Mass bus causing a head-on collision between the two buses. Both drivers, together with all the passengers on Benz bus, according to Inspector Oppong died instantly.

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