Nine (9) people have been confirmed dead after a Hyundai universe commercial bus with registration number AK 324-22 with passengers on board from Sunyani to Accra crashed head-on with an articulated truck parked off the road at Asuboi a section of the road on the Accra-Kumasi highway.
According to the police on the spot investigations conducted at the accident scene indicated that the driver of the Hyundai bus who was allegedly sleeping while driving failed to observe traffic and in the process crashed into the forty footer container which fell partially onto the road and in the process killing 8 passengers.
Confirming the incident to Citi News the Eastern Regional Police Public Relations Officer DSP Ebenezer Tetteh said other injured passengers are currently receiving treatment at the Suhum government hospital.
