SIX persons died, four instantly and the others later on admission at the Hohoe Municipal Hospital when the vehicle, Mercedes Benz 207 bus with registration number GR 6875-09 on which they were travelling, collided head on with another Mercedes Benz 207 bus at Akpafu Mempeasem, near Hohoe in the Volta Region last Friday.
The deceased persons were among mourners who were enroute to Bowiri Amanfrom in the Jasikan District for the burial of the late Mr Adolf Odeifuor, a senior storekeeper at the Burma Camp.
The corpse of Mr Odeifour was being conveyed to his hometown, which was about 10 minutes drive from the accident spot.
The two drivers, Ette Kuddoh and Emmanuel Adzovie together with Joyce Agyapong and Madam Hasaitu Basharu died instantly while Mahama Bashuru and Simon Fred Atsu died later on admission at the hospital.
According to a police source at Hohoe, the Benz bus, driven by Ette Kuddoh was carrying friends and relatives of the deceased from Accra for the funeral while the other bus belonging to the Ghana Private Road Transport Union (GIRT), was returning to Hohoe from Kadjebi with 19 passengers on board.
The source said as the bus driven by Kuddoh carrying the relatives and sympathisers of the deceased was speeding, it veered off its lane in an attempt to dodge a pothole and collided head on with the other bus from Kadjebi at about 5.30 p.m. in the outskirts of Akpafu Mempeasem.
The bodies of the deceased have been deposited at the morgue of the Hohoe Municipal Hospital for autopsy while those who sustained various degrees of injury are on admission at the same hospital responding to treatment.
Meanwhile, the police are conducting investigations into the matter.
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