Eight firemen are among a number of injured responding to treatment at the Saltpond Hospital after their fire tender crashed into a vehicle rescuing victims of a fatal accident. The incident occurred near Mankessim on the Accra-Takoradi road. The fire fighters were rushing to rescue survivors of an accident which claimed at least nine lives and left many injured. According to the Fire Service, the fire tender skidded off the road, Kwesi Ankonam Quayson Assistant Chief Fire Commander at the Central Regional Fire Service told Joy News. “We tried to get there as quickly as we can baring in mind the safety of the fire fighters. “...In this situation one may suggest that the slippery nature of the road (It had been raining all morning and was even drizzling at the time of the accident) could have contributed to the vehicle going off the road and falling on its side. “We are not ruling out any foul play on the part of the field members, but what we can say is that whatever happens was in exercise of their mandate,” he said. Source: Joy News/Myjoyonline.com/Ghana