Audio By Carbonatix
A horrific accident on the Offinso-Abofuor Highway in the Ashanti Region has claimed the lives of seven people, leaving a dozen others in critical condition.
Eyewitnesses reported that the crash occurred in the early hours of Wednesday, January 7, 2025, between the Samproso and Awisam communities near Offinso.
According to Kwadwo Obeng Mireku, an eyewitness who spoke to Adom News, a commercial bus with registration GT 5509-20, travelling from Techiman to Kumasi, collided head-on with a trailer carrying cement, registration GN 5326-22.
“The trailer, loaded with cement from a factory in Samproso, stalled on the road after its engine failed. The oncoming bus from Techiman, travelling at high speed, hit the trailer. Six people died at the scene, while others were critically injured,” he recounted. One more victim later died after being taken to hospital.
The deceased and injured were transported to St. Patrick Hospital at Offinso Maase. Police visited the scene to clear the road and have launched an investigation into the cause of the accident.
Latest Stories
-
Suame residents lament prolonged water shortage as dry taps persist
6 minutes -
NPP to stage mammoth demonstration over alleged political harassment
19 minutes -
Nana Kwaku Bonsam urges couples to consider spiritual compatibility before marriage
25 minutes -
JoyNews’ Clinton Yeboah named 2026 Kwame Karikari Fact-Checking Fellow
30 minutes -
Real Madrid president Perez calls for elections
32 minutes -
Chairman Wontumi pays a courtesy call on Bawumia and Akufo-Addo ahead of NPP national elections
32 minutes -
Nsawam inmates qualify for Africa chess representation after strong prison tournament performance
35 minutes -
Interplast breaks into Africa’s top 50 fastest-growing companies
38 minutes -
GETFund briefs Asantehene on award of GH¢400m contract for KNUST Teaching Hospital equipment
41 minutes -
Ghana Hostels rejects Rent Commissioner’s comments on Pentagon Hostel charges, demands apology
1 hour -
ASAC 2026: Joe Paul and Saminu miss out on podium finish in 100m
1 hour -
Kwakye Ofosu questions NPP’s consistency on free speech and judicial criticism
1 hour -
NAIMOS hands over 100 seized galamsey pumping machines to NSA for agriculture project
1 hour -
Qwecu Large wins episode 7 of Joy Prime’s Beatz and Barz
1 hour -
Crime declines in Lawra, but authorities alarmed over case withdrawals and justice delivery
1 hour