[ 2016-07-25 ]

DCE appeals for support for Achiase accident victims
The District Chief Executive for Birim South,
Emmanuel Kwakye is appealing for support for
accident victims at Akyem Achiase in the Eastern
region.

The incident occurred at about 1:00 pm at
Saturday while the victims were on their way to
bury a dead relative.

According to reports, a tipper truck run into
some people who were walking along the road to the
cemetery to bury the body.

Another truck was said to have crushed and into a
Hyundai bus which had the dead body and some
mourners on board, killing five of the mourners
instantly.

Three out of twenty people who were severely
injured in the accident died at the Oda government
hospital later. The seventeen are currently
receiving treatment at the same hospital.

In an interview on Adom News, Emmanuel Kwakye
said though the assembly has supported the victims
with GHC2000 and some food items, it is woefully
inadequate.

He indicated that six of the victims who
sustained severe injuries have been transferred to
Korle Bu Teaching hospital in Accra for
treatment.

He revealed that other individuals and tipper
truck drivers in the area have also donated monies
towards the treatment of the victims.

The deceased, the Birim South DCE added are still
at the Oda government hospital morgue for
autopsy.

Emmanuel Kwakye appealed to individuals and
corporate bodies especially in the Eastern region
to support the families to give their loved one a
befitting burial.

Some of the deceased have been identified as
Isaac Amakye, Issah Ibrahim, Alexander Okyere and
Afua.

Source - adomonline.com

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