At least seventeen police officers from the Eastern Regional Police Command have been injured in an accident on the Apirede Akuapem to Somanya road on Saturday ( 27 November).
The incident occured after the vehicle in which the officers were travelling in experienced a break failure while descending a hill.
Three of the officers who are in critical condition have been rushed to the Eastern Regional Hospital while the remaining are receiving treatment at Atua Government Hospital.
The Eastern Regional Police PRO DSP Ebenezer Tetteh who confirmed the news said ” indeed ,on 27th November at about 6:30ho am Police Woman Gladys Paddy in charge 17 men from the Eastern Regional Police Command onboard Mercedes Benz sprinter bus with registration number 6780-20 driven by Kofi Asare from Koforidua to Somanya on official duty on reaching a section of the road between Apirede and Somanya the Suspect driver allegedly failed break whilst descending the Apirede hills resulting in an accident.
He added “The persons onboard the vehicle sustained various degrees of injuries were rushed to Atua Government Hospital in Somanya for treatment . Three of them meanwhile have been referred to the Eastern Regional Hospital for further treatment because of the extend of their injuries The are responding to treatment at Atua government hospital.”
Similar incident
At least two police officers from the Anti-Robbery Taskforce have been confirmed dead in a fatal accident on the Walewale-Bolgatanga road in the North East Region on Thursday.
The two were part of a five-member team responding to a robbery incident on that stretch.
A statement issued by the police on Thursday said three other officers who were part of the team are in critical condition at a nearby health facility in Walewale.
“The families of the two officers have been informed of the sad incident and the Inspector General of Police, Dr George Akuffo Dampare has spoken to them”, the police statement signed by the acting director-general in charge of Public Affairs, ACP Kwesi Ofori read.
Below is the police statement:
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