Police open investigations into road accident involving Muntaka, Ibrahim

Police have opened an official probe into the near-fatal road accident involving two Members of Parliament, Mohammed Muntaka Mubarak and Ahmed Ibrahim.

Two parliamentarians were involved in lorry accident on Kumasi-Accra road and have since been discharged by the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital.

Mohammed Muntaka Mubarak and Ahmed Ibrahim, legislators for Aswasi and  Banda and three others, including a police officer were rushed to the hospital after their Land Cruiser vehicle ran into the mid-portion of a BMW vehicle driven by a Customs official.

Police say the custom official, identified as William Asuako, in charge of a BMW car with registration ER 1275-W failed to observe traffic before joining the main Kumasi-Accra road.

He is currently on admission at the Konongo Government Hospital receiving treatment.

Alhaji Muntaka, majority chief whip and his deputy were travelling from the Accra-Kumasi direction when the accident occurred at about 10:30 a.m, according to the police Motor, Transport and Traffic Department.