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A Madagascan government minister has said he swam for 12 hours to safety after his helicopter crashed at sea during a rescue mission. “It’s not my time to die,” exhausted Police Minister Serge Gelle said as he recovered on a stretcher. Two other security officials traveling with him in the helicopter also survived the crash. The team had been scouting an area in the north-eastern part of the country where a passenger boat had sunk. At least 39 people died in that accident, officials said on Tuesday. On Twitter President Andry Rajoelina mourned those who died and also paid tribute…

A second crash involving a train at Sekondi in the Western Region, in the space of four days, has left residents puzzled. Tuesday’s incident saw a tipper truck collide with a manganese haulage train around 7:30 pm, leaving at least three persons injured, according to eyewitnesses. Reports indicate that the driver of the tipper truck attempted to speed through the railroad crossing at Sekondi Nkontompo, ignoring warnings that a train was approaching, leading to the collision. The injured, including the driver of the truck and one other passenger, and the conductor of the train, are receiving treatment at the Effia…

There is nothing like a safer month on Ghana’s roads. Nevertheless, the roads tend to be deadlier in December, which also is the month of Christmas–the annual festival Christians commemorate the birth of Jesus Christ. In 2016, for instance, more road deaths (243) and injuries (1, 018) occurred in December than every other month of the year. (January: 127 deaths and 753 injuries; March: 153 deaths and 827 injuries; June: 140 deaths and 846 injuries; August: 177 deaths and 916 injuries). The annual rise in road fatalities in December is often blamed on evil spirits.  For instance, one renowned pastor…

COVID-19 vaccination provides far less protection to people with multiple myeloma than to survivors of other types of cancer, new research shows. The findings highlight the need for multiple myeloma patients “to be especially careful — to take social distancing seriously and utilize masking — even if they’ve been vaccinated,” said study senior author Dr. Nikhil Munshi, from the Jerome Lipper Multiple Myeloma Center at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute in Boston. The new findings come from a follow-up to research recently published in JAMA Oncology, where COVID-19 infection rates were assessed in nearly 60,000 vaccinated and unvaccinated cancer survivors who had not…

Did you know that out of OSHA’s top ten most commonly cited standards, six of them are related to safety gear like fall protection or eye protection? And when you consider that 5,333 workers died on the job in 2019, it begs the question of how many of those deaths could have been prevented with the right safety gear.

The Minister for Railways Development, Peter Amewu says he will set up a committee to investigate the head-on collision of two manganese haulage trains last night, resulting in the killing of four persons. Peter Amewu believes the accident that occurred at Wassa Manso in the Western Region is due to negligence. The Railways Minister who was speaking during a visit to the accident scene at Wassa Manso on Saturday, December 18, 2021, expressed his condolences to the bereaved families. “Around 11 o’clock this morning I had a call from one of their MDs that two trains had collided. It’s quite…

Five passengers on board two trains involved in a train crash at Wassa Manso in the Western region have been confirmed dead. Eleven others have sustained various degrees of injuries following the head-on collision on Friday evening. Currently, it is uncertain what may have caused the accident, but reports indicate that the two haulage trucks collided following a suspected faulty braking system. The trains were moving from opposite directions on the Tarkwa-Kojokrom-Nsuta rail line. The rail line, which was recently rehabilitated to allow passenger service and improve haulage of manganese from Nsuta, began to shake. This led to a stop…

Head-on collision between two manganese haulage trains at Angu and Manso in the Western Region last night resulted in some fatalities and severe injuries. The Public Relations Officer at the Ghana Railways Company Limited, Thomas Brown has confirmed that, the incident occurred after 11pm on Friday where the two haulage trucks collided following a suspected faulty breaking system. “Information about the accident started coming through from 11pm. It indicated that one of the haulage trains carrying Manganese was coming from Takoradi to Nsuta and the empty haulage truck was also heading to Takoradi from Nsuta when they collided at Angu-Manso.…

Tricycle and motorcycle accidents have resulted in more deaths than any other motor accident in the Volta Region, between January 1, and September 30, this year. According to the Volta Regional Motor Traffic and Transport Department (MTTD), 253 accident cases were recorded involving tricycles and motorbikes, resulting in 57 deaths This development informed stakeholders to engage commercial operators to build their capacity to ensure sanity on the roads and avert needless deaths. Commercial vehicles accident deaths recorded were 56, while private vehicles recorded 18 within the same period. Tricycle, motorcycle top in road accident death in Volta Region Negligence, untrained…

A head-on train collision at Wassa Manso in the Western region has killed many passengers on board. Reports indicate the two trains were moving in opposite directions on the Tarkwa-Kojokrom route on Saturday dawn. Although the number of casualties cannot be ascertained now, it is reported that many people have lost their lives in the unfortunate incident. Officials from the Ghana National Fire Service (GNFS) and the Police are currently on the accident scene. More soon… Source link