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The Kia driver himself has reported himself to the police station, but the conduct of the driver as of now cannot be well explained,”the Railways Minister said on Citi FM’s Eyewitness News.“And the good thing is that all the passengers and the inspectors on board the train, none of them got injured, and we are currently in the process of assessing the damage to the train.
Speaking in an interview with Accra-based Joy FM’s Midday News on Friday, April 19, he said that the picture posted on his social media handles was a photoshopped image in which a vehicle was placed on a railway line, emphasizing that it had nothing to do with the train accident scene.
The Ghana Police Service had arrested Dzidotor after preliminary investigations revealed that he had allegedly left his Hyundai truck unattended on the railway line, resulting in a collision with the newly imported train from Poland during a test run.
John Peter Amewu, the Minister for Railways Development, has confirmed that the photo shared on his social media pages purported to be captured from the scene of the Tema-Mpakadan railway train accident was fake.
Ghana’s newly acquired train from Poland was involved in an accident while on a test run on the Tema-Mpakadan railway route on Thursday, April 18, 2024.
The train is said to have collided with a Kia truck that was parked right on the railway, leading to some damage in its frontal area.
However, Dzidotor pleaded not guilty to the fourth charge of failing to produce a driver’s license, contrary to regulation 47(2) of LI 21(80).
Nothing in terms of electrical or the engine has been affected, except the front that got slightly damaged.” Earlier this month, the first batch of trains assembled in Poland arrived at the Tema Port to help make railway transportation better in the country.
Meanwhile, Abel Dzidotor, the driver responsible for the tragic train accident has been handed a six-month jail term..
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