Source: Savannanews24.com

Information reaching Savannanews24.com indicates that ten persons including a police officer died in an accident at Dikpa near Tinga in the Bole District of the Northern Region.

At about 2:30am Bole Police Personnel on Highway patrol at Banda Nkwanta received information that a mini bus with registration number UW 171-15 traveling from Kumasi to Wa run into a stationary Daf truck with registration number AS 379 N at Dikpa near Tinga on Bole Bamboi highway.

The patrol team quickly rushed to the scene and found eight occupants of the bus seriously injured and ten dead including two children and a police officer No. 47593 G/L/Cpl Jakper B. Yamdauk with Wa Regional Highway Patrol.

The injured passengers were rushed to Bole government hospital for treatment and the bodies deposited at Bole government hospital morgue awaiting identification and autopsy.

The District Police Commander ASP David Azumah who confirmed the incident to …..said ten persons lost their lives including two children.

According to eight persons sustained severe injuries and are on admission at the Bole Government Hospital.