Two(2) policemen who are members of the Anti-robbery Taskforce operating on the Walewale-Bolgatanga Highway have died in a fatal accident.
Three others who were among the team are said to be in critical condition as plans are underway to airlift them to Accra for further medical attention.
Details of how the accident occurred on Thursday, October 21, 2021 still remain sketchy but the Inspector-General of Police Dr George Akuffo Dampare has reached out to the families of the deceased officers according to a statement issued by the Ghana Police Service.
It would be recalled that exactly a year ago, Lance Corporal Ernest Oteng, a driver with the unit also died after he was involved in a gory accident on the Tamale-Bolgatanga highway.
Three of his colleagues who were also in the police Landcruiser patrol vehicle with registration number GP246 including Sergeant Seidu Bouri, Lance Corporal Paul Ofori and Lance Corporal Elijah Mensah were reported to have suffered severe injuries and were rushed to the Tamale Teaching Hospital.
This was after the police vehicle collided with a KIA Grand Bird Bus at Lougri in Walewale Municipality of the North East Region.
Even though no occupant of the bus was injured, the police vehicle somersaulted severally before hitting a tree leaving all four occupants badly injured
