Kintampo accident: Nana Addo, Bawumia mourn victims

President Nana Akufo-Addo and his vice Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia have described as very tragic, the loss of over 50 lives in a deadly road carnage in Kintampo today and further assured families of the victims that the government would allow the necessary investigations to take place and compensate the bereaved families appropriately.

While 57 lives perished in the Bono East Region, 9 others also lost their lives in the Central Region, with several other people sustaining various degrees of injuries.

Scores of passengers on two huge buses, one, a VVIP bus and the other, an old bus, perished in the ghastly head-on collision that happened on the Techiman-Kintampo road around 4 a.m. on Friday at Ampomakrom within the Pamdu Electoral Area of the Bono East Region.

The Central Region crash involved a Metro Mass Transit bus with registration number AS 2951 – 10, travelling from Accra to Diaso, and a Yutong bus with registration number GN 4368 – 14, travelling in the opposite direction.

Commenting on the development whiles Speaking at the annual end-of-year get-together of the West Africa Security Service Association (WASSA) of the Ghana Police Service on Friday, 22 March 2019, Mr Akufo-Addo said: “My sympathies and condolences go to all the families and loved ones of the deceased. May the Almighty grant their souls peaceful rest”.

Vice president Bawumia also tweeted to express grief.