Thirty-four people died on Tuesday when two buses collided in central Ghana, officials said.
Police and the fire brigade said the accident occurred early Tuesday in the town of Dompoase, about 200 kilometres (125 miles) from the Ghanaian capital Accra.
“Several people sustained injuries and have been rushed to the hospital. Twenty-nine died on the spot while five others died at the hospital,” Fire service spokesman Abdul Hudu Wasiu told AFP.
The victims included 20 men, 11 women and three children, one of whom was only a year old.
Around 40 survivors are being treated in hospital.
Eyewitnesses said both drivers died instantly with one of them having his body trapped in the mangled vehicle.
The accident involved two Yutong buses which had a head-on collision on the Dompoase Junction near Komenda Junction.
According to the police, the red Yutong bus travelling from Accra to Takoradi tried to overtake the vehicle in front of it and ended up running into the oncoming white Takoradi to Accra bound Yutong bus.
The police say, they are yet to ascertain the number of passengers on the Takoradi bound car, which has been badly mangled.
Officers of the Ghana National Fire Service (GNFS) and police were on hand to rescue some of the injured persons.
