The accident scene
A man identified only as Sharisu tragically lost his life last Friday when he was dragged under a KIA truck on the Tesano Police Training Academy Road near Alajo Junction in Accra.
According to Abdul Rahman Karim, the conductor of the KIA truck, the incident occurred at about 12:10 pm when the vehicle was on its way from Achimota to deliver bags of rice.
He told the DAILY GUIDE reporter that the driver of the KIA truck, who heard an unusual sound behind the truck, stopped to check only to discover the lifeless body of the man lying face down under the truck.
He explained that the deceased, believed to be in his early 30s, had been dragged along the road after falling from the motorbike.
The conductor mentioned that they observed from the road that the long-sleeved jeans shirt the deceased was wearing had been trapped between the truck’s tyre, pulling him under the moving vehicle, and leading to his death.
A driver of a private car involved in the incident said the motorbike, which was speeding, hit the back of his vehicle and veered off.
He said moments after the motorbike veered off, he also heard some sounds and stopped, only to see the rider lying under the KIA truck, with some parts of the motorbike mangled.
Police officers who noticed heavy traffic in the area quickly arrived at the scene and reported the incident to the Motor Transport and Traffic Directorate (MTTD).
MTTD officers and investigators arrived at the scene at about 1:30 p.m. and conveyed the deceased to the morgue.
Two men who later showed up at the scene identified the deceased as their colleague from APSONIC Motors, located at Caprice near Circle.
They said that the deceased was among three other colleagues who had worked just a few hours earlier to service a client’s motorbike, and died while returning to the office.
The tragic incident, which caused heavy traffic along the Tesano stretch, drew the attention of several commercial motorbike users, popularly known as okada riders.
The okada riders expressed disappointment over the delay in conveying the body of the deceased to the morgue.
By Ebenezer K. Amponsah