A Bolt driver in Accra had to be revived in the hospital after being beaten by a man dressed as a soldier for wrongful overtaking, which nearly resulted in an accident.
When they arrived at the next traffic stop, the Bolt driver, who was not happy with what happened allegedly confronted the driver of the four-wheel vehicle and asked him to use his traffic indicators when overtaking and crossing others.
Unknown to the Bolt driver, there was a soldier in the said four-wheel vehicle, who was not enthused with the admonishment from the Bolt driver.
The man in uniform got out of the four-wheel vehicle, pulled the Bolt driver out, and reportedly stabbed him, before subjecting him to severe beatings.
After the attack, the Bolt driver bled heavily and lost a lot of blood.
He was resuscitated in a local hospital, where the medical staff discovered that in addition to the punches to the abdomen and other portions of his body, he had also been stabbed.
The victim was rushed to the Deseret Hospital at Santa Maria in Accra where he was revived by a team of medical officers.
A passenger in the Bolt, Michelle Frimpong, in a radio interview with Accra-based Citi FM narrated what she saw: “There was this 4×4 that was behind us, and he did a wrongful overtaking and got in the middle of the road. So then it was too obvious, either we skid off the road or we allow him to use his car to scratch our car.”
“Then the bolt driver stretched out his hand and touched the back of his car. And we said that if you wanted a way, show a traffic indicator and don’t do a wrongful overtaking.”
“So just a few minutes, we saw that they had come to park in front of our car. Then this man came down, opened the door of our car and pulled the bolt driver out of the car.”
“Then the soldier guy came out of the car pulled him back and closed the car. So it was the people around who said that he was stabbed so when I got out of the passenger’s side I realised blood oozing out of his head. So we had to rush him to the hospital.”
The Ghana Armed Forces are yet to respond to the issue.
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