Baku-APA. The number of people killed when a bus crashed into a truck in northern Ghana has risen to 71, medical officials say, APA reports quoting BBC.
The Metro Mass Transit coach reportedly collided head-on with a cargo truck carrying tomatoes near the town of Kintampo on Wednesday evening.
Regional police chief Maxwell Atingane told Reuters news agency that many passengers died at the scene.
He said police were investigating the cause of the crash, believed to be one of the worst in many years.