Ten people have died after a VIP bus collided with a diesel trailer on the Accra–Kumasi Highway near Suhum, the Ghana National Fire Service has said.
The crash happened at Mile 44 on Monday afternoon, April 13, at about 14:00 local time, after what officials describe as a wrongful overtaking manoeuvre by the bus.
Fire officers from the Suhum Municipal Fire Station were alerted by a distress call and dispatched a seven member team, arriving within minutes to respond to the emergency.
There were 33 passengers on board the bus at the time of the collision. Ten people were confirmed dead at the scene, including nine men and one woman. No one was trapped in the wreckage.
Both vehicles sustained partial damage. Firefighters secured the scene and carried out rescue and recovery operations before returning to base.
The authorities have not yet released the identities of the victims.
