Tragedy struck in Asukawkaw, a community in the Krachi East Municipality of the Oti Region, after a fuel tanker ran into a crowd at the local market on Thursday, August 14, killing four and injuring 14 others.
According to the assembly member for the Asukawkaw Electoral Area, Mark Oduro, the deceased persons included three women and a one-year-old girl, among market women who were conducting their business when the tanker driver lost control of the vehicle and crashed into them.
The assembly member confirmed the incident in an interview with Adom news.
“It is a very sad day for our community. The victims were market women going about their normal activities when the tanker hit them.
“We have lost three women and a girl believed to be about one year old. Fourteen others have sustained various injuries,” Mr Oduro said.
Police in the district have arrested the driver to assist with investigations into the cause of the accident.
The bodies of the deceased have been conveyed to the Worawora Government Hospital mortuary, while the injured are receiving treatment at nearby health facilities.
