Seventeen people have died in a dreadful accident at Nnoboamu near Konongo in the Ashanti region.
The accident occurred when a fully loaded 207 passenger bus numbered GY 2520-13 rammed into a stationary timber truck with registration number GT874 Friday dawn.
Twelve passengers in the 207 bus died instantly.
Speaking to Starr Fm, the divisional Police Commander, Superintendent Ohene Boadi Bossman, confirmed the news. Boad told the station that the bus may have crashed into the truck because it was packed in the middle of the road.
An earlier accident at the same spot had killed five people Thursday night.
“The first accident occurred around 8:30pm yesterday and we went there to clear the place and conveyed the bodies to the mortuary.” he told show host Earl Ankrah.
“We were there up till 12am, after putting all the reflectors on the road to avoid a recurrence. But this morning, this driver drove through the clones and all the reflectors and crashed into the truck killing 12 people, it’s sad,” he added.
He said the deceased have been conveyed to the morgue while the scene is still being cleared for vehicles to pass.