Driver unions in Ghana are sharply divided as a section of the unionized coalition has broken ranks to announce a 30 percent increment in the fares despite an engagement with the government. The Ghana Private Road Transport Union (GPRTU) for instance has announced that commuters should expect an increment in …
Read More »Cab driver fined by court for harassing elephant
A Sri Lankan cab driver was ordered to pay a nearly $1,000 fine, because he scared an elephant by tooting his car’s horn and flashing the lights while driving through a protected wildlife area, officials said on Friday. The offender was arrested after he posted a video of the encounter …
Read More »4-year-old girl killed by hit-and-run driver at Kpando-Tafi
A four-year-old girl died after she was knocked down by an unknown motorist, whilst crossing the road. The victim, who was in the company of her friends, could not catch up with the pace when crossing the road and was knocked down by a speeding vehicle, killing her instantly at …
Read More »Driver, 39, jailed 20 years for defiling co-tenant’s six-year-old daughter
A 39-year-old driver has been convicted and jailed for 20 years after pleading guilty to defiling his co-tenant’s six-year-old daughter. Daniel Hodzi was convicted on his own guilty plea before the court presided over by Her Honour Mrs Christiana Cann on his first appearance. Hodzi was charged with defilement after …
Read More »Police looking for driver who caused crash that killed four women at Nsawam
Police in the Eastern Region are on a manhunt for the driver who lost control of his trailer truck and in the process crashed into several vehicles, killing four women instantly at Nsawam in the Nsawam Adoagyiri Municipality. The Eastern Regional Police PRO, DSP Ebenezer Tetteh, who confirmed this incident …
Read More »Two pupils dead, six injured after ‘drunk’ minibus taxi driver loses control
Two pupils died and six others were injured when a minibus taxi driver transporting schoolchildren lost control of the vehicle in Pietermaritzburg on Friday. On Saturday, the KwaZulu-Natal education department said according to preliminary reports the children were on their way home from school when the minibus taxi veered out …
Read More »CIT driver shot dead during heist
A cash-in-transit driver was shot dead during a heist in Diepkloof, Soweto, on Saturday morning. According to reports, the van was on its way to a filling station in Zone Six when a Mercedes-Benz rammed into the cash van, causing it to stop at the corner Chris Hani and Collinder …
Read More »Chinese man, skidder driver fined GH¢1,200 each over reckless carting of log at Ejisu
A Magistrate Court at Effiduase in the Ashanti Region has convicted two persons in connection with the dangerous transportation of a timber log in the Ejisu town. The owner of the Histon Wood Processing Company, a Chinese National only known as Sunny, and the driver of the skidder which transported …
Read More »Adam Bonaa arrests another driver spilling concrete on tarred road
Security Analyst, Dr Adam Bonaa has performed yet another act of citizen vigilantism barely a week after effecting a citizen’s arrest of some lawbreakers. Dr Bonaa on Saturday, January 22, 2022, arrested a driver and his Chinese boss after he saw them driving in a concrete mixing truck and discharging …
Read More »Driver, mate vanish as 19 sustain injuries in accident at Gomoa Buduata
A driver and his mate have reportedly disappeared into thin air after their Sprinter Benz Bus was involved in an accident leaving 19 persons injured at Gomoa Buduata junction in the Central Region. Read More: 44 villages in Drobo State support the Anti-LGBTQI+ Bill, warns MP not to vote against …
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