Two Dead, Eight Injured in Dompoase Road Crash
Two people have died, and eight others sustained injuries following a road traffic accident at Dompoase near Komenda on the Cape Coast-Takoradi highway on Thursday, 31st July 2026.
Personnel from the Komenda Fire Station said they received a distress call at 18:55hrs and arrived at the scene at 19:10hrs.
On arrival, the rescue team found one person trapped in a crashed Toyota Hiace with registration number AS 6145-24.
The team successfully extricated the victim, who was later pronounced dead.
Preliminary information indicates that ten people were travelling in the Hiace at the time of the crash.
Eight others sustained various degrees of injury, including three who were severely injured.
The injured were transported to the Elmina Polyclinic for treatment by personnel from the National Ambulance Service.
According to an eyewitness, an unidentified vehicle travelling from Takoradi towards Cape Coast attempted to overtake another vehicle.
The Toyota Hiace, which was travelling from Cape Coast towards Takoradi, reportedly swerved to avoid the oncoming vehicle and collided with a broken-down truck with registration number GN 2491-14.
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