The Assin-Fosu District Court has sentenced a 24-year-old commercial driver to nine months jail term for biting the fingers of a Police officer while resisting arrest The convict, Ebenezer Nkoom, pleaded guilty to 13 different charges, including causing harm, unlawful harm, resisting arrest, and other road traffic offences. He begged for leniency at the Court, […]
using special cameras installed at traffic intersections, highways and other vantage points throughout the country. This will make it possible for the police to capture and tender in evidence videos and pictures of road users who engage in road traffic contraventions across the country, to aid prosecution of such offenders. Some of the cameras are […]
The total number of commuters killed in road traffic accidents in 2018 recorded a 12.76% jump over the figure for 2017. Persons killed rose from 2,076 in 2017 to a total of 2,341 in 2018. It comprises 1,796 males and 545 females. 13,677 Injured in accidents Data compiled by the Motor Traffic and Transport Department […]
The Director-General of the Motor Traffic and Transport Department (MTTD) of the Ghana Police Service, Commissioner of Police (COP), Christian Tetteh Yohuno have cited over-eating as a major cause of road accidents in the country. ‘’It is not only alcohol, tramadol and over speeding that cause road accidents. But over eating and that is something […]
Seven people, all students have been reported dead in a gory accident involving a truck carrying manganese and a Mercedes Sprinter mini bus at Dompem, on the Agona Nkwanta – Tarkwa road in the Western region. First eyewitness reports to police indicate the bus, which was carrying students of various schools in the area who […]
