General News of Monday, 25 March 2019Source: citinewsroom.comKintampo accident: Police justify mass burial of 39 burnt bodiesSeveral of the passengers in the bus were burnt beyond recognitionPolice in Kintampo have justified a decision by the Kintampo District Hospital to organise a mass burial for victims of the Techiman-Kintampo road accident which claimed over 60 lives last Friday. The decision which was taken in consultation with the relevant stakeholders saw 39 out of the 67 confirmed dead, buried on Saturday. Speaking to Citi News, the Kintampo District Police commander DSP Ofori Boateng said, the burial was necessary because the victims were burnt beyond recognition. The accident occurred on the Techiman-Kintampo road last Friday where two buses collided with one of them catching fire. Several of the passengers in the bus were burnt beyond recognition with others in the other bus dying on the spot.

Source: GhanaWeb March 25, 2019 17:37 UTC