School Bus kills two, one critically injured
A Hyundai Aero Town bus belonging to Palmer International School at Patasi in the Kumasi Metropolis has claimed two lives and one critically injured when the driver lost control and crashed into a storey building.
The deceaseds identified as Maame Serwaa, 74 and one Alfred in his early 50s, died on the spot, whiles the other who sustained various degrees of injuries was identified as Wofa.
According to an eyewitness account, the incident occurred on Monday, April 7, 2025, at about 5pm when the driver of the vehicle had dropped of some students of the school.
A tenant of one of the house where the accident occurred revealed that the two who are now deceased were discussing on a plumbing work in the nearby house, after Maame Serwaa invited Alfred over to check the plumbing work at her bathroom.
“While the two (deceased) were discussing about the estimate to the cost of the said plumbing work, the vehicle which was at a top speed crashed and ran over them,” she narrated, adding that the driver of the vehicle after the incident came out from the vehicle and informed them that the breaks of the had failed which led to the incident.
The eyewitness also reported that, It took the intervention of the police and personnel from the Ghana National Fire Service (GNFS) to remove the victims from the trapped vehicle.
The incident, she disclosed, had destroyed lots of properties, sending shockwaves through the neighbours.
The one who sustained injury was sent to Suntreso Government Hospital for treatment, whiles the deceased have been taken to the morgue at the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH) preservation and autopsy.
Meanwhile police at Suntreso District have commenced investigations into the matter and have arrested the driver of the bus to help them in their investigations.
