SEVENTEEN cadets of the Knights of St John International and Junior Auxiliary of the Nadowli Catholic Church sustained various degrees of injuries last Sunday when a mini bus they were travelling on was involved in an accident.
They include 11 males and six females out of which three sustained serious injuries and have since had their limbs amputated.
The victims were returning from Jirapa to Nadoli in the Nadowli District of the Upper West Region after a friendly football match with their counterparts in Jirapa at about 9 p.m. when the accident occurred.
The driver of the vehicle, Mr Ziebu Mwintiribu, who briefed the Daily Graphic, while on his hospital, bed at the Wa Regional Hospital said he did not detect any fault on the vehicle until he got to the spot where the accident occurred.
He said all he could see was that the steering of the vehicle had locked. The Upper West Regional Minister, Mr. George Hickah Benson, who was touched by the plight of the victims upon hearing about the accident, presented food items worth GH¢400 to them.
These included rice, sugar, millet and cooking oil. Receiving the items, the Medical Director at the hospital, Dr. Joshua Abebrese, expressed appreciation to the minister for the gesture.
He was hopeful that the casualties, particularly those who had their limbs amputated, would recover quickly and pick up the pieces.
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