Two police officers are on admission at the Potsin polyclinic, with severe injuries after being involved in an accident on the Kasoa-Winneba Highway in the Central region.
The officers’ vehicle collided with a tipper truck and a Honda Pilot SUV.
According to an eyewitness account, Police Assistant, Innocent Amedume and Crime Officer, Matilda Boateng, both stationed at the Greater Accra regional police command, were in a Toyota Corolla salon car with registration AS 3677-14, heading to a senior high school in the Central Region to attend to a disciplinary action involving one of the Officer’s ward.
Innocent Amedume veered off his lane with his car, prompting the tipper truck with registration GT 8409-23 to signal caution by blowing its horn.
The salon car driver, the eye witness said, attempted to switch back to his lane but crashed into the rear tyre of the truck and collided with a Honda Pilot SUV with registration GT 8111-11.
The impact of the crash caused the Toyota Corolla to spin, facing back towards Kasoa, while the Honda Pilot ended up in the bush.
Fortunately, the occupants of the tipper truck and the Honda Pilot escaped unhurt.
“The accident involved three vehicles, a tipper car, a Honda, and a saloon car for that matter. No life was lost, but the accident was severe. The saloon car veered off its lane, and perhaps when the driver realised it, started horning to signal other oncoming vehicles. In an attempt to move into its lane, it hit the back tyre of the tipper pushing the tipper car into the bush.
The Police, ambulance, and other emergency workers arrived at the scene to save lives,” Ebo Anderson, an eyewitness, told campaigneronline.com
The two police officers who were badly injured were rescued by local emergency responders and taken to the Gomoa Potsin Polyclinic, where they are currently being treated.
Amoako Christopher, a member of the Potsin Community Emergency Response team who was one of the first respondents on the scene said the road network, is one challenge that is leading to most accidents on the stretch.
“I was one of the first respondents on the road and a member of the Potsin Community Emergency Response Team, but the kind of accident we record on this stretch is enormous. The response team is up to the task, but the facility that caters for emergency cases like the Potsin Polyclinic is under-resourced and needs help, “Amoako Christopher said.