DISASTERS AND ACCIDENTS HIT ACCRA ON NEW YEARS DAY.

21 persons narrowly escaped death when an over speeding 207 bus skid off the road into an open drain near Mallam in Accra.

The car with registration number ER 554V was reported to be heading to Kasoa from Dansoman when it had a break failure.

Eye witnesses told the Daily Graphic that the driver was then forced to gear of the road in order to prevent him from colliding into other vehicles in front of him.

The car then somersaulted in this attempt into an open drain with the passengers sustaining various degrees of injuries.

At the time the Daily Graphic got to the scene, most of the passengers had been removed from the vehicle whilst the driver was nowhere to be found.

Hawkers and pedestrians had also gathered at the scene to witness the miracle of survival from the accident.

The Odorkor Motor Transport Transit Unit (MTTU ) Police, Sergeant Mornoh who was at the scene, told the Daily Graphic that the vehicle would be towed  to the police station.

He said an investigation would also be conducted to find the owner of the vehicle since the driver was nowhere to be found.

Officials of the National Disaster Management Organization were also at the scene to prevent further causalities.