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7 perish in gory car crash, 12 others injured

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Seven people, including two Chinese, were killed, and 12 others seriously injured, when two vehicles they were travelling on, collided at a section between Nyinahin and Akoraboukrom in the Ashanti Region.

The Chinese, who died on the spot, have been identified as Li Jianjun, 46 and Wu Xinxiang, 37, and two other victims have been identified as Nana Salifu,33, driver, Jacob Sukah, 38.

A police source said the other driver, Yaw Amanfo was in charge of a sprinter bus with registration number GE 801-16 with passengers from Kumasi to Bibiani.

At section of the road between Nyiinahin and Akoraboukrom, the sprinter bus bumped into a pothole and veered off into the opposite lane and collided head-on with a pickup with registration GE 7091-16, driven by Nana Salifu.

Jacob Sukah and three unidentified people, including a female, were pronounced dead on arrival at the Nyinahin Government Hospital. Four passengers on board the sprinter bus and three on board the pickup were killed.

The 12 injured, who were rushed to the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH), are responding to treatment.

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