Nine (9) People Injured After Sienta Collides With A Pickup At Awaso.

Nine people have sustained injuries following a collision between a Toyota Sienta and a Tata Xenon Pickup at Awaso in the Bibiani Anhwiaso Bekwai Municipality of the Western North Region.

According to a police report, the suspect driver, Manu Augustine, aged 39, was driving a Toyota Sienta with registration number AS 4009-25 from Sefwi Dwenase towards Bibiani with six passengers on board.

Upon reaching a section of the road at Awaso, near Appetite, he attempted to overtake a vehicle ahead.

In the process, his vehicle collided with the front offside of a Tata Xenon pickup with registration number GT 2961-25, which was approaching from the opposite direction.

The pickup was driven by Augustine Debrah, also aged 39, and had two passengers on board: Tejinder Singh, aged 35, an Indian national, and Evans Badu, aged 26.

All occupants of both vehicles, including the drivers, sustained varying degrees of injuries.

They were rushed to the Green Shield Hospital at Sefwi Bekwai for medical treatment.

The accident vehicles have since been impounded by the police for further investigations.

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