ACCRA, Aug. 13 (Xinhua) -- At least 11 persons are reported dead while 13 others have sustained injuries following an accident in the Ghanaian capital in the early hours of Thursday, the Ghana National Fire Service (GNFS) has confirmed.
Emmanuel Bonney, GNFS public relations officer, said the accident occurred at the Ofankor Barrier, a suburb of the Ghanaian capital on the Accra-Kumasi highway.
According to him, the GNFS received a distress call at approximately 4:00 a.m. local time regarding a collision involving two tipper trucks, two minibuses, two saloon cars, and a tricycle.
Bonney said that emergency teams arrived quickly at the scene to find passengers trapped inside the mangled vehicles and immediately began work to manage the scene and extricate the trapped victims.
"Rescue teams pulled out 11 unconscious victims and handed them over to the police. We later received confirmation that all 11 of those victims had passed away, and an additional 13 injured were rushed to the Achimota Hospital for treatment," said Bonney.
He stated that authorities were still actively gathering information from all sources, including eyewitness accounts, to establish the cause of Thursday's accident. ■