Story: Mary Ankrah
A driver of a KIA commercial minibus (trotro) died yesterday when a loaded container fell off a truck and landed on his minibus.
The truck was said to be entering the premises of Ayrton Drugs Manufacturing Limited (ADML) at North Kaneshie in Accra to offload medical supplies when the disaster struck, smashing the minibus, with registration number GT 7915 Q, beyond repairs.
Ato Forson, 45, the driver, was said to have defied orders to wait for the truck to enter the ADML yard to pave way for oncoming traffic.
Two persons who sustained minor injuries were rushed to the Holy Trinity Hospital at North Kaneshie.
According to an eyewitness account, Siba Braimah, 31, the driver of the trailer, with registration number GT 3938 V, was about to offload the consignment at the company’s warehouse when the trailer overturned and landed on the 15-seater van.
However, the passengers who had earlier disembarked from the car escaped unhurt when they were informed that the car had to wait for the reversing truck to enter the company’s yard and pave the way for oncoming vehicles.
According to the eyewitness, the truck driver tried several times to get into the company yard but failed to do so due to the hilly nature of the road.
The eyewitness said security men in the ADML yard were controlling other vehicles to wait at a distance to enable the truck to enter the yard before they passed but some of the drivers were impatient.
When the truck driver tried the third time to reverse, his brake failed prompting residents of the area to shout warning to other vehicles around to stay away.
Another vehicle, a KIA Sportage, with registration number GS1043 Z, which was behind the truck, was also hit in the process.
Although the police were at the scene on time, they were unable to help because they had no equipment to pull the cars involved in the accident thereby causing heavy traffic on the road.
When the Daily Graphic got to the scene, three forklifts had arrived to lift the truck and the container from the minibus and from the road.
The badly damaged vehicles have been towed to the Tesano Police Station.
Residents of the area complained that this was the second time such an accident had occurred although the first incident was not as serious as yesterday’s.
Meanwhile the body of the deceased has been deposited at the Police Hospital morgue while the driver of the trailer is assisting the police in investigations.
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