One person who is yet to be identified is allegedly dead after being crushed to dead in Sankore in Asunafo South.

The accident occured at the 4 Arm junction located mid way of a hill.

This four Arm Junction links is the Sankore – Kwapong – Kokooso-Abuom Junction.

The is reported to have occurred on Tuesday 14th August 2022 around 6:18pm.

The accident which has thrown the community into a state of shock with many. This happened when a timber truck loaded with logs lost control when negotiating the curve.

There are many Road Safety concerns at this junction and Ing. kobby Amoa-Mensah the Founder of AMEND Foundation and an independent international Road Safety Consultant when consulted said

‘This is very good example when a concoction of risk factors are present and the authorities have turned a blind eye or lack the technical capacity to determine the problem. If they don’t have the technical capacity, they cannot also refuse to take free technical advice at their doorsteps. When they do this it is our our citizens who suffer. Although the incident is sad, we are lucky to have minimal casualties. The fatality rate could be higher if this happened on a Thursday, which is a market day.

Just about 6 weeks ago a couple of accidents occured on roads in Ahafo killing at least 10 people.

Many unreported fatalities relating to road accidents in rural communities is prevalent in Ahafo Region.

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