[ 2015-04-24 ]

Toafom thrown into mourning after 3-year-old girl is killed by speeding car
The death of a three-year-old girl, after she was
knocked down by a vehicle at Toafom in the
Bosomtwe District of Ashanti Region, has sparked
anger among residents.

Little Tiffany Antwiwaa died at the Pramso Saint
Michael Catholic Hospital after she was hit by a
bus in a convoy of district co-ordinating
directors attending a colleague's funeral at
Worakese.

The bus, which belongs to the Jachie Pramso Senior
High School is said to have hit little Tifafany as
she tried to cross the road.

The nursery pupil of the Toafom D/A Primary School
was apparently crossing the road under no adult
supervision when the accident occurred.

The incident has thrown the entire community into
mourning as the family supports Tiffany's
7-month-old pregnant mother to bury her second
daughter.

It brings to three the number of pedestrian
knockdowns since the beginning of this year in the
town.

Last year two people were knocked down in the same
community.

Residents say drivers over-speed on that stretch
of road - the Kuntenase-Bekwai Road.

They accuse the Ghana Highway Authority of failing
to respond to repeated appeals to erect speed
ramps to check overspeeding.

Angry youth of the town have vowed to erect the
rumps, whether or not they get from the Highway
Authority approval.

Secretary of the Unit Committee George
Offe-Agyapong is leading the youth in the area to
erect the speed ramps to check speeding.

“Three people were hit by a car and one has
died. Because of what we have seen since two years
ago, we want authorities to take action and that
is why we appealed to the Feeder Roads to
construct the speed ramps. We are going to
construct artificial ones so that the speed of the
vehicles would be limited”, Mr Offe-Agyapong
revealed.

District Chief Executive for Bosomtwe, Veronica
Antwi-Adjei, who visited the bereaved family urged
restraint from the people, warning any attempt by
the people to construct the ramps will be deemed
illegal.

“It [speed rump] needs urgent attention but you
know the district assembly cannot do it. We have
advised them to wait until the Highway Authorities
come. If they take the law into their own hands,
it would be a problem”, she warned.

Madam Antwi-Adjei also urged the Urban Roads
Department to respond to the concerns of the
people.

Meanwhile, police have launched investigations
into the accident. The driver of the vehicle that
knocked the girl has been detained.

Source - MyjoyOnline

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