FOUR persons were burnt to death, while two others were seriously injured, when an empty articulated truck collided head-on with a cargo truck fully loaded with vehicle spare parts at Nkawanda Number Two, a village near Nkawkaw on the main Accra-Kumasi Highway.
The accident occurred about 5 a.m. yesterday.
The dead bodies, including those of the drivers of the two vehicles which are yet to be identified, have been deposited at the Holy Family Hospital, Nkawkaw.
The injured, identified as Razak Issaka, 24, and Rose Adotey, 26, who were both on board the cargo truck, have been conveyed to the nearby Government Hospital at Engiresi.
The Eastern Regional Commander of the Motor Traffic and Transport Unit (MTTU), Superintendent James Sarfo Peprah, told the Daily Graphic that the empty articulated truck was travelling from the direction of Kumasi, while the cargo truck, loaded with vehicle spare parts, including lorry tyres and lubricants, was from the opposite direction.
According to him, the driver of the cargo truck, who was allegedly dozing, drove into the lane of the oncoming articulated truck and collided head-on with it.
He said in the process, the cargo truck caught fire, burning to death its driver, the driver of the articulated vehicle as well as two others on the cargo truck.
He said Issaka and Adotey were seriously injured.
He said the police were investigating to identify the dead and also find the owners of the two vehicles, since no trace of their registration numbers were left after the blaze.
Supt Sarfo Peprah advised drivers plying the route to have enough rest, since fatigue accounted for most of the fatal accidents on the road.
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