29 Persons burnt to death in Kintampo-Tamale highway crash

• Posted on March 10, 2020March 10, 2020
• by Nana Kwesi Coomson
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A fatal accident on the Kintampo-Tamale highway in the Bono East Region has claimed the lives of 29 travelers.

A Yutong bus was involved in a head-on collision with a mini Sprinter bus with registration number AS 1801-18 causing both vehicles to go up in flames.
The accident occurred between Dawadawa 2 and Kawampe, a village near Kintampo.  
As at the time of filing this report, mass burial was being planned for 27 persons who were burnt beyond recognition.
Six survivors who were in critical condition in the morning were in stable condition and responding to treatment as at yesterday evening at the Kintampo North Municipal Government Hospital.
Government is paying the medical bills of victims
The Divisional Crime Officer for Kintampo Prosper Komla Gbagbo confirmed that all passengers on one bus were burnt beyond recognition, while six out of the 11 passengers on another bus escaped.
“The six survivors are receiving treatment at the Kintampo Municipal Hospital,” Gbagbo added.   
There were no survivors in the Sprinter bus which carried 23 passengers as they burnt beyond recognition after it caught fire.
The Yutong bus also carried 11 passengers out of which only six people survived.  
Recounting the incident, a survivor who was travelling on the Yutong bus said the driver fell asleep behind the wheel.
According to her, when the Yutong bus veered off its lane into the other, the driver of the approaching Sprinter vehicle tried to avoid the collision by heading for the bush.
However, the Sprinter, unfortunately, collided with the bus, leading to the accident.

The lady said she and the others were able to escape when a young lady broke a window, giving them the opportunity to escape.
Many of those who made it out sustained various degrees of burns and were later rushed to the Kintampo General Hospital for treatment.