The bus was reduced to a twisted mess of metal and the road covered in a carpet of crushed red tomatoes.
Accra, Ghana:
Sixty-one people died and 25 were critically injured when a passenger bus collided head-on with a truck carrying tomatoes on a Ghana highway, police said on Thursday.
It was one of the country's most deadly road disasters ever.
"The latest and the final report is that 61 dead and then 25 are in critical condition," regional police spokesman Christopher Tawiah said. He had earlier given a death toll of 53.
Initial investigations suggested the accident Wednesday evening was caused by speeding by the bus involved, he said.
The bus was reduced to a twisted mess of metal and the road covered in a carpet of crushed red tomatoes after the crash between the truck and the government-operated bus, which had been heading to the northern town of Tamale.
Ghana President John Mahama said the accident was "very sad news" and sent "condolences to those who've lost loved ones" in a series of remarks posted on Twitter.
It was one of the country's most deadly road disasters ever.
"The latest and the final report is that 61 dead and then 25 are in critical condition," regional police spokesman Christopher Tawiah said. He had earlier given a death toll of 53.
Initial investigations suggested the accident Wednesday evening was caused by speeding by the bus involved, he said.
The bus was reduced to a twisted mess of metal and the road covered in a carpet of crushed red tomatoes after the crash between the truck and the government-operated bus, which had been heading to the northern town of Tamale.
Ghana President John Mahama said the accident was "very sad news" and sent "condolences to those who've lost loved ones" in a series of remarks posted on Twitter.
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