68 rescued after two Granbird buses collide on Ghana’s Kumasi-Accra highway
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- Two buses carrying 34 passengers each collided at Duapompo on the Kumasi-Accra Highway on Aug. 30, 2026.
- Members of the public rescued 67 injured passengers before Ghana National Fire Service personnel arrived.
- Firefighters freed one trapped driver, and the injured passengers were taken to Konongo Government Hospital.
Sixty-eight people were rescued after two Granbird buses collided at Duapompo on Ghana’s Kumasi-Accra Highway, leaving several passengers injured.
The crash happened at about 10:31 p.m. on Aug. 30. Each bus carried 34 passengers. The VIP bus, owned by Chairman ION, was driven by Simon Azuma, while the KN KIA bus belonged to KOD Transport and was driven by Francis Yeboah.
The Ghana National Fire Service said 67 passengers with various injuries were rescued by members of the public before firefighters reached the scene. Medical teams later took the injured passengers to Konongo Government Hospital.
Azuma became trapped inside the VIP bus. Firefighters used a spreader in a dashboard roll operation to free him, and an ambulance took him to hospital. The collision partially damaged the VIP bus’s cowl and the rear section of the KN KIA bus.
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