Regional News of Wednesday, 3 May 2017Source: kasapafmonline.comRoad accident kills 83 people in Ashanti RegionFile photoA total of 83 people were killed in road crashes in the Ashanti Region during the first quarter of the year, Samuel Obeng Asiamah, Regional Manager of the National Road Safety Commission (NRSC), has announced. There’s a slight increase in the statistics as the region recorded 78 during the same period under review in 2016. Ghana is said to have one of the highest road accident fatality rates in Sub-Saharan Africa and the world. The National Road Safety Commission (NRSC) in 2016 described the number of road accidents recorded as overwhelming. The Commission recorded over 11,000 accidents in 2016; about 2,000 more cases from the 2015 figure of about 9,000.

Source: GhanaWeb May 03, 2017 07:30 UTC