Eight Persons died on the spot and many others got seriously injured when a tipper truck with registration number No. GE 9201-9, loaded with chippings belonging to J.A. Quarries, had its front tyres burst and ran into pedestrians along the Techiman-Tuobodom trunk road yesterday at about 2:30 pm.
The accident occurred when school had closed and the children were walking along the road to their respective homes.
Speaking to an eyewitness, he said among the victims were students from a nearby school and two motor riders. When Daily Guide visited the spot, the two motorbikes and their riders were trapped under the truck, while severed heads, human parts and entrails of some of the dead were scattered on the road.
Parents who heard the news and rushed to the scene could not identify the mutilated bodies of the victims.
The police, who were called to the spot collected the mortal remains of the victims in large polythene bags to the Holy Family Hospital where the injured were also taken for treatment.
The driver of the accident vehicle, who attempted to run away, was chased by onlookers and arrested; but because the angry crowd wanted to lynch him, some �Good Samaritans� whisked him away in a taxi. His name was not immediately known.
Meanwhile, the whole Techiman Township has been thrown into mourning.
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