By Mary Ankrah
THE driver of a Hyundai truck, Felix Opare, has been remanded into police custody for knocking down a pedestrian.
Opare, 26, was remanded by the Abeka Sanitation and Motor Court in Accra, on two counts of careless and inconsiderate driving and negligently causing harm.
He is to re-appear before the court on June 14, 2012.
Opare reportedly knocked down the victim, Mercy Bosompimaah, 25, on the pedestrian crossing after running into three other vehicles.
Prosecuting, Inspector Victoria Ofori Yeboah of the Tesano Motor Traffic and Transport Unit, said Opare, who was driving the Hyundai truck loaded with bags of satchet water, failed to adhere to traffic order.
She said on reaching the traffic lights near the Papaye Restaurant on the Apenkwa-Tesano road, where other vehicles were waiting for the green light, Opare ran into the rear of a vehicle which was in front of his.
She said Opare swerved into the inner lane and grazed the side a Toyota Hilux pick up.
According to Inspector Yeboah, Opare, who appeared to have lost control of his steering wheel, veered back into the middle lane of the road and knocked down the female adult pedestrian, Bosompimaah, who was crossing the road on the pedestrian crossing.
She explained that Bosompimaah sustained injuries and was rushed to the Achimota Hospital for treatment.
She said the three vehicles involved in the accident were also damaged in the process.
In related development, a 25-year-old lady, Doreen Enyon Ribi, has been remanded into police custody for allegedly moving a vehicle without the consent of the owner. She was in the process of reversing the vehicle, when it ran into a kiosk.
Inspector Yeboah said the owner of the Toyota Rav4, Heinnch Kwame, took his car for washing at the Europa Car Sales garage washing bay at Tesano, near the Santana Market in Accra.
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