At least ten persons have been confirmed dead in a road crash on Monday (24 January 2022) at Zugu in the Savelugu Municipality of the Northern Region.
The police say 23 others also sustained various degrees of injuries in the motor crash, which involved a lorry carrying about 33 mourners returning from a funeral.
The driver reportedly lost control of the wheel when he tried to avoid knocking down a cyclist “who crossed his lane”, police officials said after an initial investigation.
Dead on the spot
Speaking to Asaase News, Superintendent Bernard Baba Ananga said the vehicle somersaulted in the process and landed in a nearby bush.
“At about 1pm there was an accident around Zugu, on the Savelugu main road, where the driver was trying to negotiate a curve,” Superintendent Ananga told Asaase Radio’s Northern Regional correspondent, Baba Kamil Mohammed.
“About six people died on the spot. Later on four people died at the Savelugu Hospital. Others were sent to the Tamale Teaching Hospital for further medical attention,” Superintendent Ananga said.
“The information we gathered was that the truck driver was carrying about 33 mourners returning from a funeral and got involved in that fatal accident.”
The lorry, a Kia Rhino vehicle, has since been towed to the local police station for further investigations.
Winifred Lartey
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