An Asankragwa-based businessman identified as Isaac Bonnah has been crushed to death by a timber truck in Tanokrom.
The information gathered suggests the heart-wrenching scene happened around 10:20 am on June 6.
Reports suggest a trailer loaded with Timber heading Towards Fijai from the Tanokrom lost control and rammed into a ‘Trotro loaded with passengers from Takoradi to Kojokrom.
A Trotro Driver narrated, “Just within reach of the Tanokrom Pipeano Traffic light, the timber truck was seen reversing in the direction of the Trotro. In a move to avoid the truck, my Trotro hit the car behind me but the truck finally also hit the Trotro.
“All the passengers in my vehicle started running away after the door was forcefully removed by my mate. It was later that eyewitnesses prompted me that, one of the passengers in my vehicle, in an attempt to escape through the door, has been ran over by the trailer and has been killed”, the driver stated
The deceased, an Asankragwa-based businessman, moved into his new house at Apowa, a day earlier with his newly married wife and their two months old baby.
According to the relatives, he was on his way to Kojokrom to purchase tiles to furnish his new residence when he met his tragic death.
The information gathered suggests the deceased is the Chairman of the Aowin Municipal Football Association and a member of the Executive Council of the Western Regional Football Association.
His body has since been sent to the Effia Nkwanta Regional Hospital morgue.
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The deceased, an Asankragwa-based businessman, moved into his new house at Apowa, a day earlier with his newly married wife and their two months old baby.
According to the relatives, he was on his way to Kojokrom to purchase tiles to furnish his new residence when he met his… pic.twitter.com/zNCjhtzPvu
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