Three people have been confirmed dead including a 6month old baby and several others have sustained severe injuries in a tragic road accident which occurred around 6am this morning at Pakyi Number One near Kumasi on the Obuasi Highway.
Earlier reports had pegged the number of passengers said to have perished in the accident at 15, but the police say the victims had only lost consciousness or fallen into a coma.
According to Sampson Kwame Nyamekye, HelloFM, PeaceFM and OkayFm's Ashanti Regional correspondent, after visiting the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital, it turned out that 34 others with severe injuries have been admitted at the facility for medical attention.
18 of the accident victims have however been discharged.
Reporting live from the accident scene earlier in the morning on "Kokrokoo", he disclosed that the accident involved a twenty three(23)-seater American Ford and a Thirty Three(33)-seater Benz bus which crashed in a headlong collision.
The benz bus with license GT 4803 Q was said to be travelling from Manso in the Ashanti region to Obuasi, whilst the Ford with registration number AS 545 V was heading towards Kumasi.
An eyewitness to the accident told Sampson Nyamekye that the driver of the Ford bus tried overtaking a private car but veered into the lane of the on-coming Mercedez-benz bus, which was also trying to avoid running into another vehicle which had parked by the roadside to pick passengers.
The police have since visited the scene and directing vehicular traffic in the area.
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