A gory accident has occurred at Mataheko on the Michel Camp-Afienya road with many people injured and a suspected military officer also dead.
Eyewitnesses alleged that the Monday night accident involved a tipper truck loaded with sand, a Toyota Camry saloon car and a minibus [trotro].
The eyewitnesses said the tipper truck caused the accident after it hit the Toyota Camry car with registration number GN 3741-11 and then collided head-on with a passenger mini bus heading from Michel Camp towards Afienya.
The tipper truck – Sinhyo – with registration number GS 9043-13 collided head-on with the minibus with registration GT 6325-10.
All the injured were on the minibus (minibus).
Some of them were trapped in the mangled car.
The accident has created a heavy traffic and the police have arrived at the scene to maintain law and order.
The injured have also been taken to the hospital.