Four people, including a one-year-old girl, have died and 14 others have been injured after a fuel tanker ploughed into a crowd at the Asukawkaw market in the Krachi East Municipality of the Oti Region on Thursday, August 14.
According to the Assembly Member for the Asukawkaw Electoral Area, Mark Oduro, the victims — mostly market women — were going about their business when the tanker driver lost control and rammed into them.
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“It is a very sad day for our community. We have lost three women and a girl believed to be about one year old. Fourteen others have sustained various injuries,” Mr. Oduro told Adom News.
Police have arrested the driver to assist with investigations into the cause of the accident. The deceased have been taken to the Worawora Government Hospital mortuary, while the injured are receiving treatment at nearby health facilities.
Story By: Afia Ohenewaa Alyerem