A family of five(5) have been involved in a fatal Anyinam on the Accra to Kumasi Highways stretch of
the Eastern Region leading to the death of 37-year-old driver Iddrisu Ibrahim who was in charge of a
Toyota Corolla with registration number AW 826-17.
Other family members identified as Abubakar Mohammed, 27, Abdulla Aziz,19, Salifu Issahaku, 22,
and Yakuba Sumaila, 18, are said to be in critical condition.
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The accident occurred Saturday at about 6:30 am just before the Anyinam railway line close to the Midway Hotel area.
According to the Acting Public Relations Officer of the Eastern Regional Police Command, Sargeant Francis Gomado, the deceased driver who was in Charge of a Toyota Corolla private vehicle with the victims onboard was from Akyem Kwabeng towards Abeakoase but wrongfully overtook several vehicles ahead of him but in the process met a DAF XF articulated truck with registration number GS 241-17 loaded with 1952 cartons of Origin Beer bottles with his driver’s mate on board from Kumasi towards Koforidua facing him head-on.
Sensing danger ahead of him, Iddrisu Ibrahim tried to enter into the front of a Burkina Faso truck but was unsuccessful and crashed into the side of Burkina Faso bound truck.
The impact forced him into the opposite lane and collided with the DAF XF articulated truck number GS 241-17
The driver of the Toyota Corolla died at the spot while the occupants sustained injuries and were rushed to Enyiresi Government Hospital for treatment.
Meanwhile, the body of Iddrisu Ibrahim has been transferred to Nkawkaw Holy Family Hospital Mortuary for preservation and autopsy.
BY : Obed Ansah
