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Alan's convoy in an accident
Wenchi (B/A), Nov. 12, Ghanadot/GNA- The
driver of the leading vehicle of NPP flagbearer aspirant
Alan Kyeremanten's convoy and a woman died on the spot when
the vehicle and a cargo truck grazed each other on the
Techiman-Wenchi road on Sunday.
The driver has been identified as Ibrahim Musah, 35, and the
woman Hajia Abiba, who is the wife of the owner of the
truck.
Four persons, including Emmanuel Ameyaw, driver's mate on
the truck, who sustained injuries, are on admission at the
Holy Family hospital in Techiman.
When newsmen went to the hospital on Monday to ascertain
their injuries and other details of the victims, some people
led by the Mr Yaw Ntow Ababio, MP for Dormaa East prevented
them from doing so amid insults and intimidation.
But reached on telephone, Chief Superintendent Osei Ampofo
Duku, Wenchi Police Divisional Commander told the Ghana News
Agency that the late Hajia Abiba was on the truck, which was
loaded with charcoal.
He said the accident happened around 1430 hours as the
vehicle, a Land Cruiser, with registration number GT 4155 V
and with four occupants, was leading a convoy of about seven
vehicles of Alan's campaign trail.
The police commander said the aspirant's vehicle was
ascending a hill in a sharp curve whilst the Renault truck
with registration number WR 8144 C and also with four
occupants was on its way from Wenchi when the accident
occurred at a place called Amen Nkwanta, near Nkonsia, about
six kilometers to Wenchi.
The Chief Superintendent said the police suspect one of the
vehicles might have strayed into the lane of the other,
adding, the impact of the crash was so great that the
driver's side of the Land Cruiser was torn away.
Mr Issahaku Abubakari, driver of the truck later told
newsmen that he was traveling to Kumasi with 180 bags of
charcoal and on reaching the sharp curve he saw the leading
vehicle of the convoy overtaking a TICO taxi cab so he
parked but the Land Cruiser just crashed into his truck and
somersaulted.
GNA
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