Two trains carrying manganese collide in the Western Region

Two trains carrying manganese collide in the Western Region

Two trains carrying manganese have had a head-on collision at Angu and Manso in the Western Region last night and has resulted in some fatalities and severe injuries.

The Public Relations Officer at the Ghana Railways Company Limited, Thomas Brown in confirming the incident said the incident occurred after 11 pm on Friday, December 17, 2021, where the two haulage trucks collided following a suspected faulty braking system.

“Information about the accident started coming through from 11 pm. It indicated that one of the haulage trains carrying Manganese was coming from Takoradi to Nsuta and the empty haulage truck was also heading to Takoradi from Nsuta when they collided at Angu-Manso. The trains had two passengers each, thus an Engineman and his assistant. We have information that there have been some fatalities and some severe injuries but we are unable to confirm the exact number of deaths out of the four since we are making our way there for the technical briefing”, he said.

The Takoradi-Kojokrom to the Nsuta rail-line was recently rehabilitated to allow passenger service as well as improve haulage of manganese from Nsuta but the unstable state of the rehabilitated line after the test led to a stop of the passenger service.

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