A driver and his mate were burnt to death at Breku, a town on the Konongo-Nkawkaw road, last Saturday when their articulated truck, loaded with cement, crashed into a stationary fuel tanker. According to the police, the accident occurred when the driver ignored police signal to slow down at a spot at Breku where the fully loaded tanker had crashed into a stationary articulated truck.
The police said the collision resulted in a fire, killing the driver and his mate.
Briefing the Daily Graphic on the accident, the Ashanti Regional Commander of the Motor Traffic and Transport Unit (MTTU), DSP James Sarfo Peprah, said the first accident on the night occurred when the tanker ran into the stationary truck at about 2 a.m.
He said a few minutes after the accident, the police got to the scene and started directing traffic to prevent any carnage, and while they were busily performing their duty, they saw the truck coming from the opposite direction and signalled the driver to slow down.
DSP Peprah said the driver ignored the police signal and drove past before crashing into the tanker, which immediately caught fire.
He said the impact was such that both the driver of the truck loaded with cement and his mate were trapped, making it impossible for them to come out or be rescued, which resulted in their death.
The bodies of the deceased, which are yet to be identified, have been deposited at the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH) mortuary awaiting autopsy.
Source: Daily Graphic
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