Larabanga Accident: Level 200 student dead, 3 others in critical condition

A car mishap at the abandoned Larabanga section of the Fufulso-Sawla highway close to Larabanga in the Savannah Region claimed the life of a level 200 student from the Damongo Agricultural College in the West Gonja Municipality.

According to authorities in Damongo, three additional occupants who allegedly suffered minor injuries were also transported to the Upper West Regional Hospital with the body.

The vehicle's license number had already been covered up by the time our news crew got there.
Since then, it has been towed to the Savannah Regional Police Department's main office for additional inquiry.

Meanwhile, a source at the College told JoyNews that, the deceased who is only known as Gafaru and a native of Wa in the Upper West Region, was among two other students asked to accompany a tutor to attend a funeral at Banda Nkwanta in the Bole District.

“A tutor of the College lost a relative in another car accident at Banda Nkwanta and asked them to go with him. But when they got to the Larabanga side, the road was bad and one of the vehicle’s tyres just burst and somersaulted and Gafaru died on the spot,” the source indicated.

The vehicle, a brand new Toyota pick up, was the official vehicle for the Principal of the College, name withheld.

JoyNews is yet to confirm if the school’s Principal was onboard the same vehicle at the time of the accident.

It’s also alleged that one of the students who usually drives the Principal to Wa and back despite the presence of some three official drivers in the school, was the one in charge of the steering wheel when the incident happened.