TWO POLICE officers, one of them a woman and the other the driver, lost their lives in a vehicular accidenton the Winneba – Accra road on Saturday.
The accident occurred when a number of police officers were reportedly on a return journey to Accra after
attending a wedding ceremony of their colleague in Mankessim, Central Region.
The vehicle, with registration number GP 3086, upon reaching a spot a few meters before Winneba junction,
purportedly collided with a Toyota Camry registered as CR 45-15, which was travelling from Accra to Cape
Coast, when its driver lost control and veered into the lane of the police vehicle. One ASP, two chief inspectors and 14 constables were on board the vehicle when the accident occurred.
An eyewitness, Kojo Quansah, said that 16 police officers sustained various degrees of injury, with some of
them in critical conditions, and had been transferred to the Police Hospital in Accra for treatment.
Three of the victims on admission at the Winneba Government Hospital are said to be responding to treatment.
Those with minor injuries have been treated and discharged.
One of the dead passed out recently from the Police Training School, Tesano, Accra, and subsequently posted to the newly created Visibility Unit.
Names and other details are not available yet as the Police Administration under such circumstances must
inform the families of the deceased before letting out same to the public.
DAILY GUIDE has, however, gathered that one of the police officers died on the spot and the other upon arrival at the Winneba Government Hospital. Remains of both have been deposited at the same health facility
for autopsy.
The Winneba Municipality Police Motor Traffic and Transport Department (MTTD) Commander, ASP John Paul Akonde, could not be reached for further details as his phone was switched off when DAILY GUIDE called him.
The driver of the Toyota Camry Saloon car is on admission at the Winneba Trauma and Specialised Hospital.
