Three men have died after a heavy duty truck overturned near the Asenema Waterfalls on the Adukrom–Koforidua Highway.
Personnel from the Kpong Municipal Fire Station responded to the road traffic accident involving a HOWO 371 truck after reports that occupants were trapped inside the vehicle.
According to the Ghana National Fire Service, the truck had three male occupants who became trapped when the vehicle overturned near the waterfalls.
Firefighters carried out extrication operations and retrieved the victims from the wreckage. The three men were pronounced dead at the scene.
Their bodies were later handed over to officers from the Police Motor Traffic and Transport Department and transported to the Tetteh-Quarshie Memorial Hospital morgue at Mampong.
After the rescue operation, the fire crew cleared the road to ensure it was safe for motorists before returning to base.
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