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Five persons have been burnt to death in two separate fire outbreaks recorded in the Ashanti and Volta regions, the Ghana National Fire Service (GNFS) has confirmed. The two domestic fires involved a nine-bedroom self-contained house at Asuoyeboah North in Kumasi and a chamber and hall apartment at Dzodze Attiatsikope in the Volta Region. In the Kumasi incident, a mother and her two children lost their lives because they could not open the burglar proof door leading to their room. According to a report by JoyNews, only the husband could manage to escape with the support of some residents although…

Some commuters in the Ashanti region have expressed worries over excessive speeding of commercial vehicles, leading to a high spate of road accidents on the Kumasi-Accra highway. They, therefore, welcome the caution by the National Road Safety Authority (NRSA) for transport operators to improve their quality of service to reduce road crashes, injuries and death. Some drivers, however, say the restrictions imposed by NRSA on inter-city mini-buses could bite hard on their finances. Luv FM’s Emmanuel Bright Quaicoe interacts with some drivers and passengers. Source link

The National Road Safety Authority (NRSA) says it will restrict commercial operations of minibuses to intra-city services or routes not exceeding 40kms. It follows complaints it has received from numerous road users including the National Security on the incessant high speed and reckless overtaking by drivers of mini busses on major corridors, particularly, the Kumasi-Accra Highway. In the wake of the complaints, the Authority has held meetings with the GPRTU, OA Travel and Tours and others on the affected routes on the need to institute internal safety controls, including training and real-time tracking of their drivers to minimise the risk…

Three family members were burnt to death on Monday dawn when a fire ruined a nine-bedroom house at Asuoyeboa in the Kwadaso Municipality of the Ashanti Region. The 45-year-old mother, Felicia Owusu, and her two children, who slept at the time of the incident, got trapped in their room. The Obed Owusu, 11, and Christabel Owusu, 19, were heard shouting for help but they could not be saved. The father, however, managed to escape with the support of some residents, but he sustained injuries. He is currently receiving treatment at the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital. The intervention of firefighters prevented…

Three students of the University of Education in Winneba have been confirmed dead after they were involved in an accident on the Aperadi-Somanya stretch in the Eastern Region. According to reports, the driver of the bus transporting students on an educational trip, lost control while descending Aprede Mountain. The students were quickly rushed to the Yilo Krobo District Hospital in Somanya for treatment. The Medical Superintendent of the Yilo Krobo District Hospital Dr. Jacqueline Mensah Darkwah confirmed the incident. She said, “28 others who sustained injuries are in stable conditions.” Source link

Road safety advocates continue to entreat the government to dualize the country’s highways as one of the surest ways to reduce road fatalities. The National Road Safety Authority (NRSA) and the Building and Road Research Institute (BRRI) of the CSIR have observed that majority of road crashes can be averted if the country’s highways are dualized. The call comes at the time fatalities associated with road accidents have reduced on the Accra-Nsawam portion of the Kumasi-Accra Road, following the dualization of that stretch. Ghana, has for the first time in several years, recorded a reduction in road fatalities from 1,706…

Families of the five persons who died after a galamsey pit collapsed at Namgruma community in the North East Region have retrieved the bodies for burial. The five were illegal miners allegedly prospecting for gold in an abandoned pit on Monday when the accident occurred. Reports say they were trying to pump water out of the pit at the time of the incident. The North East Regional National Disaster Management Organization (NADMO) Director, John Kwaku Alhassan, has been speaking to Citi News. “The bodies have been retrieved by the families for burial. NADMO together and the police had come to…

Despite rescue efforts, in late May the first bodies of the miners were recovered from the Perkoa zinc mine The director of a mine in Burkina Faso has been found guilty of manslaughter, following a flooding disaster in April that killed eight miners. Hein Frey, of Canadian company Trevali, was fined $3,000 (£2,600) and given a suspended 24-month prison sentence. The incident caused outrage in the country at the time. The verdict has been met with shock, with some in Burkina Faso seeing the sentence as lenient, given the number of victims. A second executive, Daryl Christensen, an Australian national…

Five people have died after a galamsey pit they were working in at Namgruma community in the North East Region collapsed on them. The five were illegal miners allegedly prospecting for gold in an abandoned pit on Monday when the accident occurred. Reports say they were trying to pump water out of the pit at the time of the incident. The North East Regional NADMO Directorate confirmed the incident to Citi News saying the bodies have since been released to the families for burial. There have been past situations of illegal miners losing their lives in pits. The National Disaster…

A motorcyclist and a pillion rider have been involved in a ghastly accident in Kumasi. The accident happened after their bike crashed into a private car at Boadi Junction on the Kumasi-Ejisu highway, Monday evening. Eyewitnesses say the KIA Spectra salon car with registration GC 5377-11 was heading to Emena from Ejisu. While negotiating the curve on the highway at Boadi Junction, the speeding motor rider from Ejisu heading to Kumasi failed to heed traffic regulation at the junction and ran into the car and also hit the traffic light pole. Both the riders who were without helmets crashed on…