Three injured as truck drives into building, Saturday, August 21, 2010, Back page

Three people sustained serious injuries when a Man-Diesel articulated truck carrying a cargo had a brake failure and drove into an office at Adabraka in central Accra at 5:30 p.m last Thursday. The vehicle also caused an extensive damage to a Nissan Astra taxi with registration number GW 3704 T.

An eyewitness, Mr John Amoah, said the  driver of the truck with registration number GR 4806 M, lost control of the vehicle from the Holy Spirit Cathedral traffic light end of  the road while the driver's mate attempted to stop it with a wooden object.

"But the vehicle veered off the road and rammed into the walls of the building," he stated.

Mr Edward Acheampong, an owner of one of the offices that escaped the catastrophe, told the Daily Graphic that he was in his office when he heard shouts from onlookers.

He said "when we rushed out, we saw the vehicle coming at top speed with the mate struggling unsuccessfully to stop it.  A few seconds later, the vehicle hit our wall."

He said the victims were knocked down and the driver, who escaped injury, rushed  them to the Ridge Hospital.

Mr Acheampong stated that the office had recorded similar accidents in the past.
"Our wall has become the barrier for accident vehicles," he added.

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