Central Region: Three students, taxi driver die in Winneba crash
Three students and a taxi driver have died following a crash at Natwibuw on the Winneba-Apam highway in the Central Region.
The students from the Uncle Rich and St. Paul basic schools, respectively, were returning home from school at around 4 pm on Monday when another vehicle collided with the taxi they were on board.
Eyewitness accounts suggest the driver of a Toyota Rav 4 registered GN 5507-18 collided head-on with the taxi cab also registered CR 748-20 after a wrongful overtaking.
The crash led to the death of the driver on the spot, as it took emergency responders strenuous efforts to extricate his body.
One of the students also died on the spot, while two others died while on admission at the Trauma and Specialist in Winneba, raising the death toll to four.
Two other students who survived the crash are receiving treatment.
