NINE people sustained various degrees of injury when a Mercedes Benz 207 bus on which they were travelling, ran into a ditch when attempting to avoid a KIA truck which had veered into the lane of the bus on the Accra-Tema Motorway.
The accident resulted in a heavy vehicle traffic along the motorway.
The Ashaiman Divisional Station Officer of the Motor Traffic and Transport Unit (MTTU), Chief Inspector Paul Kyeremeh, who briefed the Daily Graphic on the accident, said the Benz bus with 19 passengers on board, was travelling from Kaneshie in Accra to Tema when the accident occurred.
He said the driver of the bus, on reaching the former cattle bridge near the Accra Abattoir, saw the KIA truck driven by Prince Darko, 30, from Community 20 heading towards Tema.
On joining the motorway, the KIA driver drove into the lane of the Benz bus, forcing the driver of the bus, Alfred Kwame, to veer to the left in his attempt to avoid running into the truck.
In the process, the Benz bus ran into a ditch in the middle of the motorway, after somersaulting.
The injured, including the driver and his mate, are currently on admission at the Tema General Hospital, while the 10 other passengers who sustained minor injuries were treated and discharged at the same hospital.
The driver of the KIA truck is being held by the Ashaiman Police to assist in investigations.
The Ashaiman District Police Commander, Superintendent Peter Kobina, has, meanwhile, appealed to motorists plying the motorway to drive with extra care to reduce accidents.
He also called on the Ghana Highway Authority to, as a matter of urgency, put adequate measures in place at the adjoining routes to avoid similar occurrences.
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