2016 Ghana bus collision

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At least 53 people were killed and 23 others injured in a head-on collision between a bus and a truck in Ghana on 18 February 2016.{{cite web|url=http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2016/02/53-killed-ghana-bus-crash-160218135233234.html|title= More than 50 people die in Ghana bus crash|publisher=|accessdate=16 July 2016}}{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-35603163|title=Ghana bus crash near Kintampo kills at least 53 - BBC News|work=BBC News |date=18 February 2016 |publisher=|accessdate=16 July 2016}}{{cite news|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-ghana-crash-idUSKCN0VR0RN|title=Head-on crash between bus and truck kills 53 in Ghana|date=18 February 2016|publisher=|accessdate=16 July 2016|newspaper=Reuters}}{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/reuters/2016/02/18/world/africa/18reuters-ghana-crash-toll.html|title=Toll in Ghana Bus Crash Rises to 71 Dead, 23 Seriously Injured|date=18 February 2016|agency=Reuters|accessdate=16 July 2016|via=The New York Times}} Five children were among the wounded. The government-operated bus was heading to Tamale when it collided head-on with the cargo truck, which was carrying tomatoes, near the town of Kintampo on Wednesday evening.{{Cite web |last=Accra |first=Agence France-Presse in |date=2016-02-18 |title=Ghana bus crash kills at least 53 people |url=http://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/feb/18/ghana-bus-crash-kills-at-least-53-people |access-date=2022-09-12 |website=the Guardian |language=en}} A regional police spokesman said: “It was very serious ... we had to use chainsaws to cut through parts of the mangled bus to get bodies and survivors out.{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/feb/18/ghana-bus-crash-kills-at-least-53-people|title=Ghana bus crash kills at least 53 people|agency=Agence France-Presse|date=2016-02-18|work=The Guardian|accessdate=2017-03-03|issn=0261-3077}} The police affirmed it was one of the worst road accidents in Ghana in years. Even if the cause of the accident is unknown, some sources said that it could have been a problem of brakes,{{Cite web|url=http://www.myjoyonline.com/news/2016/February-17th/dozens-feared-dead-in-kintampo-accident.php|title=53 people perish in accident on Tamale-Kintampo road|date=2016-02-17|website=Joy Online|accessdate=2017-07-24}} but speeding could also have been the cause. It seems the bus was overloaded, carrying more than the maximum of 63 passengers.