{"id":3131,"date":"2019-03-22T15:31:18","date_gmt":"2019-03-22T15:31:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.aptnewsghana.com\/?p=3131"},"modified":"2019-03-22T15:31:28","modified_gmt":"2019-03-22T15:31:28","slug":"confirmed-55-killed-in-kintampo-techiman-road-crash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.aptnewsghana.com\/index.php\/2019\/03\/22\/confirmed-55-killed-in-kintampo-techiman-road-crash\/","title":{"rendered":"Confirmed: 55 killed in Kintampo-Techiman road crash"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The death toll in the gory <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nrsc.gov.gh\/\">accident<\/a> between\u00a0two buses on the  Kintampo-Techiman road in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aptnewsghana.com\/index.php\/2019\/02\/13\/techiman-is-regional-capital-for-new-bono-east-region\/\">Bono East Region<\/a>, is now 55, police have  confirmed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Kintampo Divisional Police Commander, ACP Joseph Antwi Gyawu, told \nJoy News Bono East&nbsp;Region Correspondent, Anas Sabbit that 35 of the \ndeceased could not be identified.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He said the fatal accident happened around 2 am on Friday at a town called Ampoma in the Bono East Region.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Preliminary investigations&nbsp;reveal the two buses, one with \nregistration number GT 5694 18 and the other GT 3916 17 both had a total\n of 108&nbsp;passengers on board.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/photos.myjoyonline.com\/photos\/news\/201903\/4492720321389_8169843369991.jpg\" alt=\"Kintampo bus crash 1\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>One of the buses caught fire after the head-on collision, reports Anas, worsening the effects of the accident.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to him,&nbsp;53 persons who survived the fatal crash, are receiving treatment at various health facilities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He gave the following breakdown of the injured and where they had  been sent to;\u00a040 were sent to the Jema\u00a0Hospital; 12 persons are also  receiving medical attention at the\u00a0Holy Family Hospital in Techiman  while one other person is receiving treatment at the Government\u00a0Hospital  in Wenchi.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Credit: myjoyonline.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>The death toll in the gory accident between\u00a0two buses on the Kintampo-Techiman road in the Bono East Region, is now 55, police have confirmed. 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