{"id":15111,"date":"2026-01-13T12:18:26","date_gmt":"2026-01-13T12:18:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/?p=15111"},"modified":"2026-01-13T12:18:26","modified_gmt":"2026-01-13T12:18:26","slug":"three-lives-claimed-vehicle-burnt-in-gory-accident-at-the-offin-river-near-offinso","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/?p=15111","title":{"rendered":"Three lives claimed, vehicle burnt in gory accident at the Offin river, near Offinso"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"181\" data-end=\"366\">A tragic accident at\u00a0 Offinso Old Town near the offin River in the Ashanti Region has claimed the lives of three people, while two others sustained injuries and are receiving treatment at a local hospital.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"368\" data-end=\"693\">Hon Wiafe Mohammed, Offinso municipal NADMO Coordinator spoke with Fish fm on January 13, 2026, that the victims\u2014a driver, a woman, and her child\u2014died after their vehicle caught fire following a collision with a trailer (GR-1357-W) and a mini truck carrying building materials.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"368\" data-end=\"693\">The crash occurred around 8 p.m. on Monday, January 12, Yaro said. The female victim,<\/p>\n<div class=\"post-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"post-wrap\">\n<div class=\"jeg_main \">\n<div class=\"jeg_container\">\n<div class=\"jeg_content jeg_singlepage\">\n<div class=\"container\">\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"jeg_main_content col-md-8\">\n<div class=\"jeg_inner_content\">\n<div class=\"entry-content no-share\">\n<div class=\"content-inner \">\n<div class=\"prose prose-gray dark:prose-invert max-w-none prose-headings:font-bold prose-headings:text-gray-900 dark:prose-headings:text-dark-text-primary prose-h1:text-3xl prose-h2:text-2xl prose-h2:mt-6 prose-h2:mb-2 prose-h3:text-xl prose-h3:mt-4 prose-h3:mb-2 prose-h4:text-lg prose-h4:mt-3 prose-h5:text-base prose-h6:text-sm prose-p:text-gray-800 dark:prose-p:text-dark-text-primary prose-a:text-news-red dark:prose-a:text-dark-news-red prose-strong:text-gray-900 dark:prose-strong:text-dark-text-primary prose-blockquote:text-gray-700 dark:prose-blockquote:text-dark-text-secondary prose-blockquote:border-l-news-red dark:prose-blockquote:border-l-dark-news-red transition-colors duration-300\">\n<p data-start=\"181\" data-end=\"366\">A tragic accident at Offinso Old Town in the Ashanti Region has claimed the lives of three people, while two others sustained injuries and are receiving treatment at a local hospital.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"695\" data-end=\"960\">The crash occurred around 8 p.m. on Monday, January 12, Yaro said. The female victim, a building materials trader, was transporting goods from Kumasi to Offinso when the collision happened. She, her son, and the driver suffered severe burns and died at the scene.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"prose prose-gray dark:prose-invert max-w-none prose-headings:font-bold prose-headings:text-gray-900 dark:prose-headings:text-dark-text-primary prose-h1:text-3xl prose-h2:text-2xl prose-h2:mt-6 prose-h2:mb-2 prose-h3:text-xl prose-h3:mt-4 prose-h3:mb-2 prose-h4:text-lg prose-h4:mt-3 prose-h5:text-base prose-h6:text-sm prose-p:text-gray-800 dark:prose-p:text-dark-text-primary prose-a:text-news-red dark:prose-a:text-dark-news-red prose-strong:text-gray-900 dark:prose-strong:text-dark-text-primary prose-blockquote:text-gray-700 dark:prose-blockquote:text-dark-text-secondary prose-blockquote:border-l-news-red dark:prose-blockquote:border-l-dark-news-red transition-colors duration-300\">The bodies have been sent to the hospital for further investigation, and police have taken over the scene to probe the circumstances surrounding the accident.<\/div>\n<div class=\"prose prose-gray dark:prose-invert max-w-none prose-headings:font-bold prose-headings:text-gray-900 dark:prose-headings:text-dark-text-primary prose-h1:text-3xl prose-h2:text-2xl prose-h2:mt-6 prose-h2:mb-2 prose-h3:text-xl prose-h3:mt-4 prose-h3:mb-2 prose-h4:text-lg prose-h4:mt-3 prose-h5:text-base prose-h6:text-sm prose-p:text-gray-800 dark:prose-p:text-dark-text-primary prose-a:text-news-red dark:prose-a:text-dark-news-red prose-strong:text-gray-900 dark:prose-strong:text-dark-text-primary prose-blockquote:text-gray-700 dark:prose-blockquote:text-dark-text-secondary prose-blockquote:border-l-news-red dark:prose-blockquote:border-l-dark-news-red transition-colors duration-300\">\n<p data-start=\"1124\" data-end=\"1233\">The two injured individuals\u2014the trailer driver and his assistant\u2014are currently receiving medical attention.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1235\" data-end=\"1471\">Yaro added that the accident caused heavy traffic along the Kumasi-Offinso highway, and reinforcement teams were deployed to manage the situation. Emergency response teams also arrived promptly to provide assistance to those affected.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1473\" data-end=\"1602\">Authorities have launched an investigation into the incident, with particular focus on compliance with road safety regulations.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A tragic accident at\u00a0 Offinso Old Town near the offin River in the Ashanti Region has claimed the lives of three people, while two others sustained injuries and are receiving treatment at a local hospital. Hon Wiafe Mohammed, Offinso municipal NADMO Coordinator spoke with Fish fm on January 13, 2026, that the victims\u2014a driver, a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":123457,"featured_media":15112,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3854,3793,41],"tags":[4765,43,4735,4764],"class_list":["post-15111","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-accident","category-disaster","category-general-news","tag-car-accident","tag-fish-fm","tag-offinso","tag-wiafe-mohammed"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15111","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/123457"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=15111"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15111\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15113,"href":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15111\/revisions\/15113"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/15112"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=15111"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=15111"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=15111"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}