A level 200 student of the Damongo Agricultural College in the West Gonja Municipality of the Savannah region has died in a motor accident.
The incident is said to have happened at the abandoned Larabanga portion of the Fufulso-Sawla highway near Larabanga.
According to sources, the deceased known as Gafaru is a native of Wa in the Upper West Region.
It is alleged that the deceased was among two other students asked to accompany a tutor to attend a funeral at Banda Nkwanta in the Bole District.
“A tutor of the College lost a relative in another car accident at Banda Nkwanta and asked them to go with him. But when they got to the Larabanga side, the road was bad and one of the vehicle’s tyres just burst too, causing the car to somersault, leading to Gafaru’s death”.
It is also alleged that one of the students, who usually drives the Principal to Wa and back despite the presence of some three official drivers in the school, was the one in charge of the steering wheel when the accident happened.
The deceased and the three other occupants who sustained some level of injuries have been rushed to the Upper West Regional Hospital.
