General News of Wednesday, 27 March 2019Source: Myjoyonline.comKintampo accident: Speeding driver was ‘in a hurry to pick okro sellers’ – SurvivorThe accident claimed 59 lives, 35 of whom were burnt beyond recognitionA victim of last Friday’s fatal crash on Kintampo-Techiman highway has revealed, their driver was in a hurry to pick some other traders on the stretch, who had been waiting for him. “We were coming from Garu and somewhere along the line, we saw another vehicle climbing the hilly road. Our driver over sped to reach that vehicle and at a point in time tried overtaking it. The accident claimed 59 lives, 35 of whom were burnt beyond recognition after one of the buses went up in flames immediately after the crash. The burnt bodies have been buried en masse while all the injured have been treated and discharged.

Source: GhanaWeb March 27, 2019 18:39 UTC