Two killed, five injured in Assin Fosu crash involving MMT bus

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Two people have died and five occupants were injured after a Toyota Sienta collided with a Metro Mass Transit bus at Assin Fosu in Ghana’s Central Region. Three children were also injured after the bus left the road following the collision.

ASSIN FOSU, Ghana — Two people have died and five others were injured after a Toyota Sienta collided head-on with a Metro Mass Transit (MMT) bus at Assin Fosu in Ghana‘s Central Region, according to police and local reports. The collision happened at about 7 p.m. on Sunday, 16 August, near Obiri Yeboah Senior High School.

The dead were the driver of the Sienta and one of his passengers. Five other occupants of the vehicle were injured and taken to hospital for treatment. Three children who were near the roadside were also injured after the MMT bus left the road following the collision, according to police accounts reported by Graphic Online. They were taken to hospital and were described as being in stable condition. Police have opened an investigation into the circumstances of the crash.

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Police account for the overtaking manoeuvre.

ASP Wonder Lumor, the Central North Regional Motor Traffic and Transport Department commander, said preliminary information indicated that the Sienta, which was travelling from Cape Coast, attempted to overtake another vehicle.

According to his account, the vehicle being overtaken had slowed to make a turn when the Sienta moved into the opposite lane and collided with the oncoming MMT bus, which was travelling from Kumasi.

The circumstances described by police remain subject to investigation. The impact forced the MMT bus off the road and into the wall of Obiri Yeboah Senior High School, causing part of the wall to collapse, according to the reports. William Aboagye, identified as the driver of the MMT bus, said there were no fatalities among passengers aboard his vehicle. He said the Sienta moved into the bus’s path while attempting to overtake.

Firefighters worked to free occupants.

Personnel from the Ghana National Fire Service attended the scene and worked to free people trapped in the badly damaged Sienta. Images from the crash site show extensive damage to the vehicle, with emergency personnel working around the wreckage as members of the public gathered nearby.

Onua Online reported that the injured were taken to St Francis Xavier Hospital in Assin Fosu and that the bodies of the deceased were deposited at the hospital pending autopsy. That report identified the Sienta owner as Speedoo and another deceased person as Bongo, described as an apprentice welder at Assin Bereku. Nukunya News has not independently confirmed those identities and is therefore withholding fuller identification pending authoritative confirmation.

Police and firefighters also managed traffic around the scene following the collision.

Three children caught up in a crash

The involvement of children who were outside the vehicles adds another dimension to the incident.

Local accounts indicate that three children walking along the road were struck after the MMT bus left the carriageway. Onua reported that three children who had been purchasing airtime by the roadside were among those injured. Because the accounts differ on precisely what the children were doing immediately before the crash, Nukunya News has not presented either version as independently established fact.

Police said the children were in stable condition after being admitted to hospital.

Road safety remains a national concern.

The crash comes against a wider challenge of road deaths and serious injuries in Ghana.

The National Road Safety Authority says 9,626 road traffic crashes were reported between January and August 2025, involving 16,348 vehicles. Those crashes resulted in 12,894 casualties, including 1,937 deaths and 10,957 injuries. Fatalities over that period were 20% higher than during the corresponding period in 2024.

The figures provide national context rather than evidence about the cause of Sunday’s collision.

The NRSA, established under the National Road Safety Authority Act, 2019 (Act 993), is responsible for coordinating road-safety policy and enforcing standards. Its stated mandate includes reducing crashes, fatalities and injuries through education, regulation and enforcement.

The authority advises motorists to observe posted speed limits and has repeatedly emphasised the importance of safe behaviour around schools, markets and other areas with significant pedestrian activity.

Sunday’s collision occurred near a senior high school and involved both vehicle occupants and people outside the vehicles, illustrating how a serious crash can expose pedestrians and surrounding infrastructure as well as motorists to harm.

What happens next?

The police investigation will be important in establishing the sequence of events and whether any road traffic offences contributed to the collision.

Investigators will also need to determine the precise movements of the vehicles immediately before impact. The account that an overtaking manoeuvre preceded the collision currently comes from police and witness reporting and should not be treated as a final determination of liability.

The condition of those injured will also remain important. One early report described five people as being in critical condition, while the more detailed police account said five occupants of the Sienta were injured and described the three injured children as stable.

Nukunya News will update the casualty information if police, hospital authorities or other official sources provide further details.

Why this story matters

This is more than a two-vehicle collision because people outside the vehicles were also injured.

The crash occurred beside a school, and the MMT bus reportedly left the road before hitting the school’s wall. That brings pedestrian protection, roadside development and the consequences of unsafe manoeuvres on inter-city routes into the public-interest dimension of the story.

Ghana’s wider road-safety record also gives the incident national relevance. Official NRSA figures show that road traffic deaths rose substantially during the first eight months of 2025 compared with the same period a year earlier.

The immediate priority, however, remains the victims and the police investigation into what happened at Assin Fosu.