YUTONG BUS INVOLVED IN ACCIDENT AT BECHEM – JUNCTION

A sixty – five (65) seater Yutong bus with registration number GC5097 Z traveling from Sunyani to Accra was involved in an accident with an Opel Vetra Saloon Car with registration Number GR 8677 W at the Tepa Junction on the Kumasi – Becehm highway at about 11.00pm on 12^th February 2011

An eyewitness account said the driver of the Yutong bus ignored road signs indicating he was approachi

ng a police barrier at the Bechem Junction and also ignored the flashing of a torchlight to stop from a police officer who was on duty at the barrier.

The source further said the driver of the opel car had earlier stopped at the other side of the barrier and had been given the green light to drive when all of a sudden the over speeding Yutong bus crashed into it and fell on it’s side.

The source again said, though no death was recorded, all the pas

sengers in both vehicles, received various degrees of injuries and were rushed to the Bechem Government Hospital where most of them were admitted.

The Bechem Police Command is investigating the cause of the accident and have managed to tow all the two (2) vehicles from the accident scene.