Ghana: van kills four pupils in Aboabo
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on MyJoyOnline
In Ghana, four eight-year-old pupils were killed and three others injured when a van hit a group of children in Aboabo, in the Asokore Mampong Municipality. After the accident, which happened as they were crossing the road after school, residents and school officials are calling for a footbridge to be built, reports MyJoyOnline.
A Hyundai van hit seven pupils crossing a road in Aboabo, in the Asokore Mampong Municipality of Ghana, killing four and injuring three, reports MyJoyOnline. The victims who died, all aged eight, attended Akotosu Islamic Studies School.
The three other children were taken to hospital. Two, aged 12 and five, were in critical condition and were transferred to Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital; a third, aged six, was stable at Manhyia District Hospital. According to witnesses quoted by MyJoyOnline, the vehicle lost control on a downhill stretch as the pupils waited to cross after school on Tuesday.
The school’s head, Bawa Abdul-Rahman, is calling for the urgent construction of a pedestrian footbridge. He told MyJoyOnline that the slope encourages vehicles to speed and that pedestrians have previously been hit on this stretch. The school had assigned someone to help pupils cross, but that person had nearly been hit by a car, according to the head.
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