{"id":17643,"date":"2026-09-02T10:01:58","date_gmt":"2026-09-02T10:01:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/?p=17643"},"modified":"2026-09-02T10:01:58","modified_gmt":"2026-09-02T10:01:58","slug":"68-rescued-after-two-granbird-buses-collide-on-kumasi-accra-highway","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/?p=17643","title":{"rendered":"68 rescued after two Granbird buses collide on Kumasi-Accra highway"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mobile-menu\">\n<div class=\"mobile-header\"><i class=\"fa fa-search\"><\/i><br \/>\n<button class=\"icon icon--transparent navbar-toggler navbar-toggler-icon\" type=\"button\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" data-target=\"#navbarNavDropdown\" aria-controls=\"navbarNavDropdown\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-label=\"Toggle navigation\"><\/button>Two Granbird buses have collided at Duapompo along the Kumasi-Accra Highway, leaving 68 people involved in the accident, with 67 sustaining various injuries.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"sbwrap\">\n<div class=\"mjo-body\">\n<div class=\"container-fluid nopadding position-relative\">\n<div class=\"container article-body\">\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col-sm-12 col-md-12 col-lg-8 col-xl-8\">\n<div id=\"article-text\" class=\"mt-3 article-text\">\n<p>The accident occurred at about 10:31 p.m. on Sunday, August 30, 2026, according to the Ghana National Fire Service (GNFS).<\/p>\n<p>The GNFS said the buses involved were a VIP Granbird, with registration number GW-5373-23, owned by Chairman ION and driven by Simon Azuma, and a KN KIA Granbird, with registration number AK-980-26, owned by KOD Transport and driven by Francis Yeboah.<\/p>\n<p>Each bus was carrying 34 passengers at the time of the crash.<\/p>\n<p>The Fire Service said 67 injured victims were rescued by members of the public before its crew arrived at the scene.<\/p>\n<p>The victims were subsequently conveyed to the Konongo Government Hospital for medical attention.<\/p>\n<p>The driver of the VIP bus, however, was trapped in the vehicle and had to be extricated by the Fire Service crew.<\/p>\n<p>According to the GNFS, the crew used a spreader in a dashboard roll method to rescue him. He was subsequently conveyed to the hospital in an ambulance with registration number GV 589-20.<\/p>\n<p>The crash caused partial damage to the cowl of the VIP Granbird and the rear section of the KN KIA Granbird.<\/p>\n<p>The GNFS has not yet established the cause of the accident.<\/p>\n<p>It said investigations are ongoing to determine the circumstances that led to the collision.<\/p>\n<p>The statement was issued by the Public Relations Officer of the Ghana National Fire Service in the Ashanti Region on Wednesday, September 2, 2026.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Two Granbird buses have collided at Duapompo along the Kumasi-Accra Highway, leaving 68 people involved in the accident, with 67 sustaining various injuries. The accident occurred at about 10:31 p.m. on Sunday, August 30, 2026, according to the Ghana National Fire Service (GNFS). The GNFS said the buses involved were a VIP Granbird, with registration [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":123457,"featured_media":17644,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3854,41,3817],"tags":[5540,4337,5539,5541],"class_list":["post-17643","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-accident","category-general-news","category-transport","tag-duapompo","tag-gnfs","tag-kumasi-accra-highway","tag-vip-granbird-coalition"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17643","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=17643"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17643\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17645,"href":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17643\/revisions\/17645"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/17644"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=17643"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=17643"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=17643"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}