11 feared dead in Buipe-Tamale road accident

The Toyota mini bus with registration number AS 2872-20 is reported to have veered off his lane and collided head-on with the DAF tipper truck with registration number NR 578-F which occurred on Tuesday, April 13, 2021, at about 7:30 pm.

The victims of the accident include nine male adults, a female adult, and a young girl.

Five survivors are in critical condition and receiving treatment at the hospital.

The police in a statement said on 13/04/2021 at about 1930 hours, the "suspect driver", who is "yet to be identified", was in charge of a DAF tipper truck with registration number NR 578 F, loaded with sand and traveling from Yapei to Tamale "while driver Akonsi Sumaila, now-deceased, was in charge of Toyota minibus with registration number AS 2872-20 with about 18 persons on board traveling from Tamale to Kumasi."

The statement added: "on reaching a section of the road at Alipe near Yapei on the Tamale-Buipe highway, the driver with the Toyota minibus veered off his lane and collided head-on with the DAF tipper truck."

"The injured were rushed to Yapei Health Center and later conveyed by ambulance to the Tamale Teaching Hospital for treatment while the deceased persons were deposited at the same hospital mortuary for preservation and autopsy", the statement said.

It noted that efforts were "being made to tow the accident vehicles to the station for investigation."