Five persons have been confirmed dead in a fatal accident involving three vehicles Thursday morning, as scores of injured persons have also been rushed to the hospital receiving treatment.
The fatal accident reportedly occurred at Akyem Anyinasin junction near Bunso, along the Accra-Kumasi Highway in the Eastern Region Thursday morning.
The accidents vehicles are; an unregistered Toyota Corolla, a Toyota Hiace passengers bus, and a Pathfinder on board by a senior Police officer identified as Ransford Duah.
Three male and two female passengers in the Toyota Hiace died instantly while others including occupants of the two private vehicles sustained life-threatening injuries.
According to reports, the Toyota Corolla from the Kumasi direction allegedly undertook a wrong overtaking and attempted to drive past a stationary cargo truck in the middle of the road to the lane of oncoming vehicles which collided head-on with the Pathfinder.
The other Toyota Hiace with passengers aboard which was following closely also crashed and somersaulted multiple times.
A Police officer from Kyebi MTTD, who witness the scene with the support of residents of Anyinasin Community extricated the victims and rushed them to the Kyebi Government Hospital and the Savior Memorial hospitals in Osiem respectively to receive medical treatment.
