A police officer, Sergeant Lambert Kumbusoon, has died following a fatal road crash at Atortorkorpe in the Ada East District, in what eyewitnesses described as a sudden and disturbing incident.
The accident reportedly occurred when two vehicles were overtaking each other at the same time the officer, who was riding a motorbike, also attempted to overtake. According to an eyewitness, the situation escalated when the officer failed to notice a stationary motorbike by the roadside.
“He ran into it, and the impact threw him onto the road, where one of the speeding vehicles ran over him,” the eyewitness recounted.
Confirming the incident to the Ghana News Agency, Ada District Police Commander, Lovelace Kofi Glago, said the police received a distress call at about 8:30 p.m. on Wednesday, April 8, 2026, reporting that a Kia Rhino truck had knocked down a police officer at Atortorkorpe.
He explained that a police team was immediately dispatched to the scene, where the victim was identified as an officer who had recently been transferred from the Ada Criminal Investigation Department at the Divisional Command in Kasseh to Kpone.
Chief Superintendent Glago added that checks at the Big Ada Police Station showed that a driver had reported himself and is currently in police custody, assisting with investigations.
The victim was rushed to the Ada East District Hospital but was pronounced dead on arrival. His body has since been deposited at the hospital’s mortuary and is expected to be transferred to the Police Hospital Mortuary in Accra for preservation and autopsy, following directives from the Divisional Command.
Authorities say the exact cause of the accident has not yet been established.
“We cannot immediately determine what exactly happened or who was at fault; investigations are ongoing,” Chief Superintendent Glago stated.
