Tafo court remands driver over fatal Krofrom crash
The Tafo Circuit Court has remanded a 49-year-old driver, Clement Ofori, into police custody over an accident at Krofrom in the Ashanti Region that killed one person and injured several others.
Ofori is the driver of a DAF trailer truck with registration number GR 5404-13, which was transporting a 40-foot container loaded with transit goods from Tema to Burkina Faso.
The truck subsequently crashed into six vehicles, a tricycle and a motorbike on both lanes of the road, and also damaged some roadside stores.
The accident killed a 20-year-old pillion rider on the motorbike, identified as Atta Junior.
Several other people sustained varying degrees of injuries and were taken to the Tafo Government Hospital and the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital for treatment.
The body of the deceased was deposited at the Tafo Ebenezer Mortuary for preservation and postmortem examination.
The prosecution told the court that investigations were ongoing and that the police needed more time to gather information on the circumstances surrounding the accident.
The court, presided over by His Honour Festus Fovi Nukunu, remanded Ofori into police custody to reappear on September 25, 2026.
Speaking to Citi News after the proceedings, the Tafo-Pakrono Divisional MTTD Commander, ASP Paul Ayaaba Asore, said the police had engaged technical officers from the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Authority (DVLA) to assist with the investigation.
ASP Asore added that the injured persons remained on admission and were responding to treatment.
