The death toll from the Etukrom highway crash rose to three on Tuesday after an 11-year-old girl tragically succumbed to her injuries at Hawa Memorial Hospital.
The young victim had been fighting for her life in emergency care following Monday’s horrific multi-vehicle collision near Bonsu Junction. She was traveling inside a Kia Sorento when it collided with an Intercity STC bus, a bulk fuel tanker, and a Mitsubishi pick-up truck along the N6 highway corridor. Emergency responders initially rescued seven injured passengers from the crushed Kia Sorento, but medical staff confirmed the young girl passed away hours later due to severe systemic trauma.
The violent impact triggered an inferno that completely destroyed the STC bus, the fuel tanker, and the pick-up truck, reducing them to blackened frames. First responders from the Ghana National Fire Service (GNFS) spent hours battling the blaze to prevent auxiliary explosions.
To prevent complete gridlock along the nation’s busiest commercial corridor, officers from the Motor Traffic and Transport Department (MTTD) temporarily shut down the N6 highway. Traffic commanders diverted northbound motorists through Kibi at Nsutam and rerouted southbound vehicles at Apedwa while emergency crews cleared the burning debris.
DOIII Ohemeng Adu Aaron, Public Relations Officer for the Eastern Regional Fire Service, confirmed the updated casualty figure as crash investigators continue to examine the site. The heartbreaking passing of the crash’s youngest victim has intensified public calls for stricter safety measures along primary inter-city highways.
As accident reconstruction experts examine the mangled wreckage left behind at Etukrom, transport safety advocates are raising urgent questions about highway monitoring, heavy vehicle movement, and emergency response capabilities. Police continue to hold the crash site under investigation while working with medical examiners to formally identify all three deceased victims.
