Information reaching DGN Online indicates that 11 passengers have died in a road crash at Alipe near Yapei in the Central Gonja district of the Savannah region.
According to a police report , the accident occurred on Tuesday , April 13,2021 at about 7pm.
The deceased comprising nine male adults, one female adult and one little girl and the driver of a Toyota mini bus died on the spot.
However, five persons sustained various degrees of injuries in the accident.
The police report indicated that the injured were rushed to Yapei Health Center and later conveyed by ambulance to the Tamale Teaching Hospital for treatment whilst the deceased persons were deposited at the Tamale Teaching Hospital mortuary for preservation and autopsy.
The police revealed that the other driver yet to be identified was in charge of DAF Tipper truck with registration number NR 578 F loaded with sand traveling from Yapei to Tamale whilst suspect driver Akonsi Sumaila now deceased was in charge Toyota mini bus with registration number AS 2872- 20 with about 18 persons on board travelling from Tamale to Kumasi.
According to the police, on reaching a section of the road at Alipe near Yapei on the Tamale-Buipe Highway the driver with the Toyota mini bus veered off his lane and collided head-on with the DAF tipper truck .
Meanwhile, efforts are being made by the police to tow the accident vehicles to the station for investigation.
FROM Eric Kombat, Alipe