15 Feared Dead After Another Road Crash On Kumasi-Accra Road

• Over a dozen members of the Saviour Church of Ghana are feared dead after a road crash on the Kumasi-Accra highway
• The tragic road crash involved the vehicle transporting the church members and a fuel tanker
• The church members were returning to Obogu in the Asante Akyem South Municipality after a special meeting

About 15 members of the Saviour Church of Ghana have been reported dead following a tragic accident on the Atwedie stretch of the Kumasi-Accra highway.

Citi News reported that the July 28 road crash involved a collision between a vehicle carrying the church members and a fuel tanker coming from the opposite direction.

The casualties in the crash were returning to Obogu in the Asante Akyem South Municipality after attending their church’s annual meeting in the Eastern Region.

Emergency services, including police and fire officers, are currently on site to manage the situation and transport the bodies to a nearby morgue. Sompa FM shared photos from the crash site.

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Emergency response teams from the Juaso Motor Traffic and Transport Directorate (MTTD), Ambulance Service, and the Ghana National Fire Service from Konongo and Juaso responded swiftly to the scene to attend to the victims aged between 4 and 21-years.

Comment from the Saviour Church

According to Kofi Baah, an elder of the Obogu Saviour Church, the accident involved a fuel tanker.

He confirmed to Adom News that the victims were members of the church youth group.

"The children left for a religious retreat at Koforidua on Friday for a congress. We were home when we received distress call of the accident involving members of our youth ministry. We rushed to Juaso Hospital only to witness this mass casualty. While some parents’ lost two children, some have lost three of their children."

“Fifteen bodies are at the mortuary while 4 other critically injured are on admission at the Emergency Unit. Among those dead are the two children of our Pastor.”

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Road crashes have gone up year on year in 2025. Ghana recorded 7,289 road crashes and 1,504 fatalities between January and June 2025.

The figure of 1,504 fatalities is up from the 1,237 deaths for the first half of 2024 and 1,095 in 2023.

The figures were captured in some provisional data released by the National Road Safety Authority.

Per the data, 12,354 vehicles were involved in various crashes, which resulted in 8,300 non-fatal casualties.

Additionally, 1,301 pedestrians were reported to have been knocked down across the country.

Recent 2025 road crashes in Ghana

On July 16, four people were left in a critical condition following a road crash at Senya Bonsuoku in the Central Region. The July 15, 2025, road crash also left 15 other passengers injured.

On July 9, 2025, a crash in Adanwomaso in the Kwabre East Municipality of the Ashanti Region claimed three lives, including two police officers.

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Adom News noted that the crash involved a bullion van and a truck carrying bags of cement.

Four of the victims, including two police officers, were on board the bullion van in which only the driver survived.

On June 25, a collision between a VIP bus and a cargo truck on the Accra-Kumasi Highway claimed several lives and left dozens hospitalised.

The accident occurred near Oframase, close to Nkawkaw in the Kwahu West Municipality. The bus collided with an oncoming cargo truck loaded with flour.

Many dead after bus involved in accident

In June, YEN.com.gh reported that a collision between a VIP bus and a cargo truck on the Accra-Kumasi Highway claimed several lives and left dozens hospitalised.

The accident occurred on June 25, 2025, near Oframase, close to Nkawkaw in the Kwahu West Municipality.

The bus collided with an oncoming cargo truck loaded with flour. Videos from the scene of the crash shared online highlighted the severity of the accident.

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Bystander accounts suggested the crash occurred at Jejeti in the Eastern Region.

Proofreading by Samuel Gitonga, copy editor at YEN.com.gh.

Source: YEN.com.gh