Savelugu: 10 funeral-goers die in road crash
At least 10 persons have been confirmed dead in a road crash on Monday (24 January) in Zugu in the Savelugu Municipality of the Northern Region.
The police say 23 others also sustained various degrees of injuries in the motor crash involving a truck carrying about 33 mourners returning from a funeral.
The driver reportedly lost control of the wheel when he tried to avoid knocking down a cyclist “who crossed his lane,” the police said after an initial investigation.
Superintendent Bernard Baba Ananga said the vehicle somersaulted in the process and landed in a nearby bush.
“At about 1 pm there was an accident around Zugu on the Savelugu main road where the driver was trying to negotiate a curve, about six people died on the spot. Later on, four people died at the Savelugu Hospital, others were sent to the Tamale Teaching Hospital for further medical attention,” Superintendent Ananga told Asaase Radio’s Northern regional correspondent Baba Kamil Mohammed.
“The information we gathered was that the truck driver was carrying about 33 mourners returning from a funeral and got involved in that fatal accident.”
The Kia Rhino vehicle has since been towed to the police station for further investigations.