The tipper truck
A driver and his mate are receiving treatment at the Nyinahin Government Hospital after sustaining serious injuries in a road crash at Adiembra in the Atwima Mponua District of the Ashanti Region.
The two men were travelling in a tipper truck that reportedly lost control, veered off the road and crashed, leaving both occupants with severe injuries.
The Assembly Member for the Adiembra Electoral Area, Ibrahim Issahak, who confirmed the incident, said residents and other road users rushed to the scene and rescued the victims before they were transported to the Nyinahin Government Hospital for emergency treatment.
According to him, medical personnel attending to the victims indicated that they were responding to treatment but remained under close observation due to the severity of their injuries.
Mr. Issahak expressed concern over the increasing number of road crashes on that stretch of the road, describing it as an accident hotspot.
He appealed to the government to take urgent steps to improve road safety by installing warning signs and implementing other measures to reduce accidents in the area.
Police officers visited the scene shortly after the crash and have commenced investigations to determine its cause. The damaged vehicle has since been towed from the scene.
The latest incident adds to the growing number of road accidents recorded in the Atwima Mponua District in recent months, prompting renewed calls from road safety advocates for motorists to exercise greater caution, particularly when travelling on rural roads.
FROM David Afum, Adiembra