Alajo: Police pursue driver of taxi smashed by train

The Ghana Police Service is actively pursuing the driver of the taxi that was involved in a collision with a train at Alajo on Thursday morning.

The disclosure was made by the Area Manager for the Accra branch of the Ghana Railway Authority, Nicholas Boakye Sarpong.

Speaking to Citi News, Area Manager for the Accra branch of the Ghana Railway Authority, Nicholas Boakye-Sarpong, says citizens must prioritize their safety by staying away from railway lines.

“There’s a rule that you have to stop, you listen, you look, and then you pass

This has been in existence for long and even enshrined in road safety or whatever manual that we have in the application of the road”.

“So he [taxi driver] didn’t adhere to those rules, the crossing hopper made all efforts to stop him from that, but he proceeded and that led to that

The issue has been reported to the police, everything is with the police as we speak and investigation is ongoing,” the Area Manager for the Accra branch of the Ghana Railway Authority, Nicholas Boakye-Sarpong noted.