2 SUNYANI DRIVERS TO BE PROSECUTED (PAGE 31)

THE Attorney-General’s Office in Sunyani has directed the Motor Traffic and Transport Unit (MTTU) of the Ghana Police Service to prosecute two drivers at the Sunyani circuit court on charges of careless and inconsiderate driving and negligently causing harm, resulting in the death of two pedestrians in the Sunyani Municipality.
The drivers are Kwame Yeboah, who was driving a Mitsubishi mini bus, and William Kpobi, who was driving a Toyota Corolla, while the victims are 12-year-old Emmanuel Atiemo and Sarfo Bekoe, 40.
Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) Ansu Frimpong, who disclosed this to the Daily Graphic in Sunyani at the weekend, noted that careless and inconsiderate driving was contrary to Section 3 of the Road Traffic Act, 2004 (Act 683), while negligently causing harm was in contravention of Section 72 of the Criminal Offences Act, 1960 (Act 29).
Mr Frimpong, who is the Brong Ahafo Regional Commander of the MTTU, gave the causes of Atiemo’s death as “haemorrhage shock” and head injury, while Bekoe died from “traumatic shock” and “multiple soft tissue injuries with wound in the right hand”, quoting a post mortem report.
Giving brief facts on both cases, the MTTU Commander said on March 9, 2003, Yeboah was driving his bus from Sunyani towards Atronie and when he reached a section of the road at Estate, opposite the UAS Restaurant, he knocked Atiemo, who attempted to cross the road from the inside lane to the outer lane.
He said shortly on arrival at the Sunyani Regional Hospital, the boy died, adding that “the driver had been careless and inconsiderate to other road users and had also been negligent in driving his bus”, as the A-G’s office pointed out.
In the case of Kpobi, ASP Frimpong said about 7.30 p.m. on December 8, 2006, the suspect was driving his taxi with four passengers on board from Sunyani to Tanoso in the Sunyani Municipality.
He said on reaching a section of the road near the Oti Yeboah Complex Limited at Abesim, the driver knocked Bekoe, who attempted to cross the road.
According to ASP Frimpong, the victim sustained injuries and was quickly rushed to the Sunyani Regional Hospital where he died while on admission.