Nine understudies of the University of Education, Winneba have been affirmed dead whereas a few others are harmed after they were included in an mishap on Sunday.
The mishap which happened at Asuboi, a suburb of Suhum on the Accra-Kumasi interstate, included a Hyundai Universe commercial transport.
The occurrence happened after the transport they were voyaging on from Sunyani to Accra smashed into a stationery articulated truck.
The driver of the transport with enlistment number AK324-22 is detailed to have fizzled to observe activity controls since he was supposedly resting.
A 40-footer truck stacked with wood fell onto the road due to the affect of the mischance, murdering eight people immediately.
The Eastern Regional Police Open Relations Officer, DSP Ebenezer Tetteh, said the Police have propelled examinations into the occurrence.
Agreeing to him, the bodies have been kept at the Suhum Government Clinic funeral home whereas the harmed are accepting treatment at the same office.
“On-the-spot examinations at the segment of the mischance spot at Asuboi on the Accra-Kumasi double carriage road, demonstrated that the driver of the said commercial transport fizzled to observe activity ahead while he was supposedly resting.
“Within the handle, he smashed into a 40-footer holder stacked with wood which fell somewhat on the road as a result of a past mischance. The travelers who supported the wounds have been transported to the Suhum Government Healing center and are accepting treatment while the dead have been kept at the Suhum Government Clinic funeral home anticipating post-mortem examination,” he told JoyNews in an meet.