A Burkinabé truck motive force narrowly escaped demise on Friday morning after his 18-wheeler veered off the Accra–Kumasi freeway in an try to keep away from a head-on collision with a VIP bus that had made a wrongful overtaking at Odumasi, close to Ohene Nkwanta within the Asante Akyem Central Municipality of the Ashanti Region.

The motive force, recognized as Guigma Moise, used to be transporting a heavy load of steel when the coincidence happened as regards to the Rider Iron Steel Company. His truck, a Sino 18-wheeler, reportedly misplaced regulate and ran off the street after he attempted to avoid wasting the oncoming VIP bus from a collision.

Eyewitnesses say the motive force sustained accidents and used to be rushed to the Hope Care Hospital for remedy. No different casualties have been reported.

“He used to be the one one within the automobile on the time,” a supply on the scene informed journalists. “He attempted to avoid wasting the VIP bus from crashing, and in doing so, ran off the street. It will have been an excessively tragic coincidence.”

Personnel from the Ghana National Fire Service (GNFS) have been temporarily deployed to the scene to lend a hand transparent the street and pull the trailer to protection, combating additional site visitors congestion alongside the busy freeway.

The incident provides to rising issues about reckless riding and wrongful overtaking at the Accra–Kumasi freeway, one of the most nation’s busiest and maximum accident-prone routes.

Police have since introduced an investigation into the incident.

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