The employment minister was returning from Odumase on Saturday, August 14, where he had attended a funeral. Ignatius Baffour-Awuah, who is also the MP for Sunyani West on his way headed towards Nsoatre where the accident occurred. This is a second accident involving politicians who were returning from a funeral. The first was Rockson-Nelson Dafeamekpor, who was also involved in an accident but escaped unhurt. Eyewitnesses say that a KIA truck loaded with concrete blocks ran into the MP’s vehicle, forcing the car to somersault twice.