A road of death, a trail of promises: How Ghana failed the Accra-Kumasi Highway

At about 11 a.m. on Monday, August 3, the Ghana National Fire Service received a distress call. Another disaster had struck the Accra-Kumasi Highway. At Birimso Bridge, near Bunso Junction in the Eastern Region, an STC bus, a fuel tanker, a Mitsubishi pick-up and a Kia Sorento had collided. The impact triggered a massive fire.…