Eight people died on the spot while others sustained various degrees of injury when a 207 bus and a truck rammed into each other at Nsuaem on Thursday at around 2000 hours.
The driver of the 207 bus was among the dead while 9 of the wounded are on admission at the Tarkwa Government Hospital. Two others are on admission at the Effia Nkanta Hospital.
Police Superintendent Kwadwo Antwi-Tabi, Tarka Divisional Police Commander, said the victims were on board a 207 bus from Enchi heading to Takoradi while the large truck was also from Takoradi to Awaso.
According some survivors, the vehicle on reaching the outskirts of Nsuaem, run into a pothole on the road and burst a tyre in the process and lost control of the vehicle.
Superintendent Antwi-Tabi said suddenly, the truck which was also heading to Awaso on the same stretch of the road rammed into the 207 bus and veered-off the road.
He appealed to drivers using the highways, to be cautious and extra careful to prevent road accidents as Christmas approaches.