34 die in Ghana road crash

Thirty-four people have died with several others injured in a motor crash Tuesday dawn on the Cape Coast-Takoradi Highway, the police confirmed.

According to the police, 29 people died on the spot while five others died at the Cape Coast Teaching Hospital, local network Myjoyonline is reporting.

Reports have it that both drivers died on the spot.

The accident involved two Yutong buses which had a head-on collision on the Dompoase Junction near Komenda Junction.

According to the police, the red Yutong bus travelling from Accra to Takoradi tried to overtake the vehicle in front of it and ended up running into the oncoming white Takoradi to Accra bound Yutong bus.

Source: Daily Mail GH