One person was dead and several others injured, when a tipper truck with registration number GN 5710-19 crushed into two cars and a tricycle, extending to passersby at the University of Cape Coast Westgate on Thursday (19th June, 2025) afternoon.
According to a statement from the Central Regional Police Command, “ suspect driver Bright Essel, aged 29, was in charge of Donfeng tipper truck with registration number GN 5710-19 loaded with sand from Bronyibima towards DVLA junction, Cape Coast”.
On reaching a section of the road at the University of Cape Coast Westgate on the main Cape Coast-Takoradi-Accra Highway, he veered off his lane and ran over a Kerb and in the process crashed into a stationary Nissan Sentra saloon car with registration number CR 1756-12 driven by suspect Kofi Kum aged 57.
It further crushed into a Honda CRV 4×4 with registration number CR 319-20 driven by suspect driver Anita Ansah aged 37 and Apsonic motor tricycle ridden by suspect rider George Ayensu Peters aged 26.
The victims were observing traffic from the nearside section of the road to join the highway, when the accident occurred.
All the vehicles involved in the incident together with the tricycle got damaged, according to the police.
The statement revealed that suspect drivers Anita Ansah and Kofi Kum, together with the rider and victims Charles Ayensu Peters aged 47, Prince Anamag Baidoo, aged 27 and Wilfred Awusi Ninson, aged, 19, sustained varied degrees of injury and were rushed to the University of Cape Coast hospital for treatment.
However, the 19 year old Wilfred Awusi Ninson was pronounced dead by the medical officer on duty.
The police said the body of the deceased had been deposited at the same hospital’s morgue for preservation and autopsy.
Meanwhile, the scene of accident was visited by the Police, who secured the an and photographed the incident.
According to the Central Regional Police Command, all the accident vehicles, together with the motor tricycle, were removed from the scene and impounded at a safer place for DVLA testing.
“Police enquiry was extended to the University of Cape Coast Hospital where the suspect drivers, together with victims, were met receiving treatment and in a stable condition”.
The tipper truck driver is in police custody, assisting investigation.
