2016 Ghana bus collision

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Ghana road accident
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Date18 February 2016
Country Ghana
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Deaths53
Injured23 (including 5 children)

At least 53 people were killed and 23 others injured in a head-on collision between a bus and a truck in Ghana on 18 February 2016. [1] [2] [3] [4] Five children were among the wounded. The government-operated bus was heading to Tamale when it collided head-on with the cargo truck, which was carrying tomatoes, near the town of Kintampo on Wednesday evening. [5] A regional police spokesman said: “It was very serious ... we had to use chainsaws to cut through parts of the mangled bus to get bodies and survivors out. [6] The police affirmed it was one of the worst road accidents in Ghana in years. Even if the cause of the accident is unknown, some sources said that it could have been a problem of brakes, [7] but speeding could also have been the cause. [3] It seems the bus was overloaded, carrying more than the maximum of 63 passengers. [2]

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References

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  2. 1 2 "Ghana bus crash near Kintampo kills at least 53 - BBC News". BBC News. 18 February 2016. Retrieved 16 July 2016.
  3. 1 2 "Head-on crash between bus and truck kills 53 in Ghana". Reuters. 18 February 2016. Retrieved 16 July 2016.
  4. "Toll in Ghana Bus Crash Rises to 71 Dead, 23 Seriously Injured". Reuters. 18 February 2016. Retrieved 16 July 2016 via The New York Times.
  5. Accra, Agence France-Presse in (2016-02-18). "Ghana bus crash kills at least 53 people". the Guardian. Retrieved 2022-09-12.
  6. "Ghana bus crash kills at least 53 people". The Guardian. Agence France-Presse. 2016-02-18. ISSN   0261-3077 . Retrieved 2017-03-03.
  7. "53 people perish in accident on Tamale-Kintampo road". Joy Online. 2016-02-17. Retrieved 2017-07-24.