2 INJURED IN ACCIDENT AT OKPONGLO

February 23, 2022
3 years ago

Two people have reportedly been harmed in a numerous-vehicle mischance at Okponglo on the Legon-Madina road.



The occurrence is said to have happened on Tuesday night.


This was after a tipper truck from Madina hit a Kia Rio cantina car that ran into a Kia Picanto and an Opel Funeral car van that were voyaging within the same course.


2 harmed in mischance at Okponglo

Eyewitnesses faulted the occurrence on the breaking down activity lights at Okponglo close the Legon Sports Stadium.



Drivers of the Kia Rio and Picanto were quickly surged to the Legon Clinic with the truck driver lost in activity.


Faculty from the Legon Police station surged to the scene to guarantee the free stream of activity.


This occurrence is the most recent string of road crashes to be recorded in Ghana.



Agreeing to the Motor Transport and Activity Directorate (MTTD), road mischances recorded in January 2022 alone were 1,271, with 232 passings.


Moreover, 1,237 casualties of these mischances maintained different degrees of wounds.


Giving subtle elements, MTTD shown that the More noteworthy Accra Locale recorded the most noteworthy number of road crashes, with 463 crashes. Ashanti Locale closely taken after with 298 mischances.



The Eastern Locale recorded 115 crashes.


The remaining districts recorded crashes underneath 90, with six as the slightest number of crashes recorded in Oti and the North East Locales.


Agreeing to the Directorate, out of the number of crashes recorded in January this year, 707 were commercial vehicles, while private vehicles recorded 972 episodes.