According to EDHUB, the vehicle was being driven by a local dressmaker and mother, who was taking her two children and house help to school before heading to her workplace.
Along the way, she offered a lift to two additional passengers, a man and a young girl.
As they approached a bridge over the river, the driver was reportedly startled by a large truck, causing the vehicle to swerve off the bridge and into the river, leading to the tragic loss of all five lives.
In a similarly heart-wrenching incident, tragedy struck on 11 October 2024 on the Accra-Kumasi Highway in the Asante Akim South Municipality when a Sprinter bus collided with a VIP bus, resulting in the immediate deaths of six individuals.