Nursing mother of a 6-month old baby on Okada crushed to death at Kasoa
Sad news coming from Kasapa FM reports that a nursing mother sitting at the back of okada (a motorbike) has been crushed to death at Kasoa Free town Junction on the Kasoa – Obom Road in the Awutu Senya East Municipality of the Central Region.
The deceased known as Magasuba Mariam was returning home after buying some foodstuff at the Kasoa New Market when the accident occurred on Friday afternoon.
According to eyewitnesses, Asana Iddrisu, the motorbike rider was speeding and rammed into a water tanker resulting in the nursing mother of a 6-month old baby dying on the spot.
Tanker vehicle that the motorbike ran into
Both the okada rider and the Tanker driver have been arrested by Kasoa Divisional Police Command assisting in the investigation.
The body of Mariam has since been deposited at the Winneba Specialist and Trauma Hospital morgue for preservation.