Scores of people have feared dead in a fatal car accident at Ataabadze Junction near Elmina in the Central Region on Sunday morning.

The accident involved a Sprinter bus, Man Diesel Articulated Truck, and a Howo Tipper Truck with registration numbers GR6081-18, GW5416-24 and GB1592-22 respectively.

Information gathered by Sompa TV's Eric Annan indicates that the Sprinter bus was traveling from Cape Coast towards Western Region, with the two other trucks traveling in the opposite direction when they collided.

The Sprinter bus driver and three passengers were confirmed dead on arrival at the Cape Coast Teaching Hospital with one alive after extricated by a dispatched rescue team from the Central Regional Headquarters of the Ghana National Fire Service.

According to report, the team also met two bodies on the ground covered with cloth on their arrival at the scene.

DOIII Abdul Wasiu Hudu, Public Relations Officer for the Central Regional GNFS in an address to the media over the tragic incident observed that some casualties were already transported to the hospital even before the arrival of the GNFS rescue team.

He advised drivers to drive safe on the Elmina-Takoradi road since the stretch is small yet busy with heavy and long vehicles that travels from Takoradi and neighbouring countries towards the country's capital town.

Cause of the accident is yet to be ascertained as the police have taken over investigation into the incident.

Sompaonline.com/Eric Annan