Kumasi: Two Persons Killed After Loaded Truck Runs Into Parked Cars

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Two Persons is feared dead after a Kia  truck with registration number GT 5361-16 suspected to have failed its brake run into five parked  cars before fallen on the road on Monday June 17, 2020 morning at Adehyeman market in the Ashanti region.

The loaded truck was heading towards Kejetia after offloaded boxes of soaps when it veered off the road and fell onto the opposite side of the road.

The drivers of the five cars that were badly crashed escaped unhurt, according to one of the victims. The accident caused damage to 2 cars.

Speaking to Silver FM's Akwadaa Nyame monitored by Africanewsgh.blogspot.com, one of the victims Mercy said, the Kia truck driver's brakes developed a fault and while trying to save pedestrians on the road, it failed it's brake and run onto five seven people including kayayo and yam seller and eventually Killed one instantly while one died on way to Okomfo teaching hospital while the other five persons is under critical condition.

Some the traders told this reporter that many of such accidents have occurred in recent times in the same spot creating fear and panic for them due to the poor nature of the road.

According to them, potholes among others have taken over most parts of the stretch creating a difficult situation for both motorists and passenger to use.

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