{"id":2187,"date":"2019-01-23T00:41:49","date_gmt":"2019-01-23T00:41:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.aptnewsghana.com\/?p=2187"},"modified":"2019-01-23T00:41:55","modified_gmt":"2019-01-23T00:41:55","slug":"takoradi-accident-6-dead-12-in-critical-condition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.aptnewsghana.com\/index.php\/2019\/01\/23\/takoradi-accident-6-dead-12-in-critical-condition\/","title":{"rendered":"Takoradi: accident; 6 dead, 12 in critical condition"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Six persons \u2013 four women and two men \u2013 have died while 12 others are\n in critical condition after a mini-bus ran into a defective heavy-duty \ntruck Tuesday afternoon at Biahu in the Ahanta West District of the \nWestern Region.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to the police, the truck, a Man  Diesel with registration number GT 6620-B which was heading to Takoradi  from Tarkwa, had one of its shafts detached upon reaching Biahu, but the  driver managed to control the vehicle to safety and off the road.<br> <br>Mini-Bus<br>The  police said before the driver\u2019s mate could pick the detached part  however, the mini-bus with registration number WR 1607-18 and the  inscription Christ Asomdwee Nka-Ho traveling with passengers to Takoradi  emerged on top speed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> The police said the mini-bus driver, in an attempt to avoid the detached  shaft lying in the middle of the road, crashed head-on into the back of  the stationary truck resulting in the casualties.<br><br>It took personnel of the Fire Fervice and an ambulance team to extricate and bodies.<br><br>The driver<br>The  driver of the mini-bus who was identified as James Safo survived and  the injured 12 have been sent to Effia-Nkwanta Regional Referral  Hospital and the Kwesimintsim District Hospital in the Twin-City of  Sekondi\/Takoradi Metropolis and Effia-Kwesimintsim Municipality  respectively.<br><br>Eyewitness said, the driver of the mini-bus was on  high speed therefore, when he came face to face with the object, he  lost control. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"501\" data-attachment-id=\"2189\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.aptnewsghana.com\/index.php\/2019\/01\/23\/takoradi-accident-6-dead-12-in-critical-condition\/accident_bus_tdi\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.aptnewsghana.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/accident_bus_tdi.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"500,501\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"accident_bus_tdi\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.aptnewsghana.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/accident_bus_tdi-300x300.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.aptnewsghana.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/accident_bus_tdi.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aptnewsghana.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/accident_bus_tdi.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2189\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.aptnewsghana.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/accident_bus_tdi.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.aptnewsghana.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/accident_bus_tdi-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.aptnewsghana.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/accident_bus_tdi-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.aptnewsghana.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/accident_bus_tdi-64x64.jpg 64w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>credit: <a href=\"http:\/\/graphic.com.gh\">graphic.com.gh<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Six persons \u2013 four women and two men \u2013 have died while 12 others are in critical condition after a mini-bus ran into a defective <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.aptnewsghana.com\/index.php\/2019\/01\/23\/takoradi-accident-6-dead-12-in-critical-condition\/\" title=\"Takoradi: accident; 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