Accident: ‘Trotro’ runs into a breakdown truck at Tesano, 2 dead

Two persons are feared dead after a mini-passenger bus, popularly called ‘trotro’, run into a breakdown truck near the Tesano Police Station in Accra in the early hours of Wednesday. The victims include the driver of the ‘trotro’.

The accident is said to have occurred at about 4:30am.

Eyewitnesses say the truck, with a Togolese registration plate, had been at the same spot since Tuesday.

A rapid response team from the police and the Ambulance Service were at the scene to retrieve the trapped bodies from the vehicle.

The trotro driver, on top speed, could not see the stationary truck, which carries a Togolese number plate, resulting in the crash.

The driver of the trotro and another occupant are reported dead.

Personnel from the Ghana police and the Ambulance Service were at the scene to rescue trapped occupants from the vehicle.

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2021 accident mortalities exceed COVID-19 deaths

A total of 771 persons have died through road accidents for the first quarter of 2021.

This surpassed the COVID-19 related deaths of 752 at the end of the same period.

The figure, according to the Ghana Police Service is a significant increase in the 393 cases recorded in the same period 2020.

Out of the 771 deaths recorded, the Ashanti region recorded the highest with 171 deaths with 1,064 injured followed by the Greater Accra region, 146 deaths, and 732 injuries.

Central, Savannah, Bono, and Upper East regions respectively follow in terms of the number of casualties while the North East Region recorded only 3 deaths.

2020 accidents

The country recorded the highest road traffic fatalities in the last 30 years due to increasing motorcycle accidents in 2020.

Motorcycle accidents contributed approximately 40% to the total deaths in the last year.

Provisional data for 2020 showed that 2,589 lives were lost to road crash across the country despite movement restrictions due to COVID-19.

This figure represents a 13% rise compared to the 2,284 registered in 2019.

It was also consistent with high fatalities associated with election years as citizens hit the polls in December 2020.

If the data from the Motor Traffic and Transport Department (MTTD) is finalised by the National Road Safety Authority (NRSA), the 2020 deaths would be the highest in the last three decades.