Two people died and two others were injured Saturday when a tyre burst sent a cargo truck crashing into another on the Accra Kumasi Highway at Asuboi.
The crash involved a KIA Rhino truck, registration GX 857-16, traveling from the Upper West Region toward Accra, and a Hyundai truck, GX 7359-14. The Ghana National Fire Service said preliminary findings point to a front tyre burst on the KIA Rhino, which sent the driver into the Hyundai ahead. Firefighters from the Suhum Municipal Fire Station received the distress call at 9:01 a.m. and had a six member rescue team, led by Station Officer I Antwi Forson, on scene within roughly ten minutes.
Crews used hydraulic extrication equipment to free victims trapped in the wreckage before handing them to the Ghana Ambulance Service and police for transport to Suhum Government Hospital. Two of the four people involved died at the scene; the other two were taken in for treatment. Both trucks sustained heavy damage to their front sections. Officers from the Suhum Motor Traffic and Transport Department and the Ayensuano District Ambulance Service also responded, and police have opened an investigation.
The crash adds to a string of serious incidents along this stretch of the Accra Kumasi corridor near Suhum. Less than two weeks earlier, on July 7, a KIA Rhino loaded with animal feed overturned nearby at Omenako after its driver swerved to avoid a fuel tanker that was overtaking illegally, though no one was trapped in that crash. The recurring accidents on the route have kept road safety concerns on the corridor in public view.
