Four persons have reportedly died in a head-on collision between a Mercedes-Benz bus and a Renault Cargo truck at Peki Avetile in the South Dayi District of the Volta region.
The incident which occurred at midnight on Monday, March 14, 2022 involved a Mercedes-Benz bus with registration number, GR 1967 F and a Renault Cargo truck with registration number, GT 6915 .
The victims, three females and a male driver on board the Mercedes Benz all perished on the spot.
“Preliminary facts gathered indicate that a driver in charge of a Renault Cargo truck with registration number GT 6915 and a passenger on board, loaded with bags of Cement, was traveling from Accra to Dambai. On reaching a section of the road, in front of the College of Education (GOVCO) at Peki Avetile, along the Asikuma-Kpeve highway, collided head-on with a Mercedes Benz bus with registration number GR 1967 F which was carrying foodstuffs and passengers from Oti Region heading to Accra” Director of Police Public Affairs in the Volta Region, DSP Effia Tenge said in a statement.
The report added that, after the crash, the Benz bus landed in the middle of the road whilst the Renault truck veered off the highway into a minor road on its nearside and crushed into a container provision shop about 100 meters away.
Seven other passengers including the driver in-charge of the Renault Cargo truck sustained severe degree of injuries and were rushed to the Peki Government hospital for medical attention.
The bodies of the three females have so far been identified while efforts are being made to identify the deceased driver.
Meanwhile, bodies of the deceased have been deposited at the Peki Government Hospital morgue for preservation and autopsy.
