Three people died, and several others were injured in a tragic accident on Friday morning at the Residential Road Junction along the Cape Coast-Accra Highway, near Aggrey Memorial Zion Secondary School.
The accident, reported at 6:48 a.m., involved a Yutong bus with registration number GW 6231-21 traveling from Takoradi to Accra. The bus, carrying 53 passengers, overturned, trapping several individuals beneath the vehicle.
A rescue team from the Ghana National Fire Service’s Regional Headquarters and the Cape Coast Metropolitan Fire Station responded promptly to the scene, aided by police and ambulance services. Emergency workers successfully freed all the trapped passengers from the wreckage.
The injured were transported to the Cape Coast Teaching Hospital and the University of Cape Coast Hospital for medical care.
Medical officials at the Cape Coast Teaching Hospital confirmed the deaths of three passengers. Twenty-three others remain hospitalized at the facility with varying degrees of injuries, while nine individuals were treated and discharged.
The bus, which sustained severe damage, was en route to Accra when the accident occurred.
Authorities have not disclosed the cause of the crash, but investigations are ongoing.
