Residents of Enyan Asempanyin in the Ajumako Enyan Essiam District of the Central Region were grief stricken on Friday evening after two reckless Okada riders crashed their motorbikes to death during their colleague’s funeral.
Information gathered indicates that, the two Okada riders together with other colleagues were riding recklessly through the Enyan Asempanyin township after they had gone for their colleague’s corpse from the mortuary.
According to Yaw Boagyan's report, some eyewitnesses narrated that they watched on as the Okada riders were performing stunts with their motorbikes, despite being warned by elders including the former assembly member for the electoral area to stop their reckless riding but the riders refused to heel to the order.
Reports also has it that the leader of the Okada rider group placed an amount of money and alcohol as a reward for who wins the race and best performance among the riders.
In the process of the contest, one of the riders known as Rasta was sleeping on the motorbike while riding speedily. The other rider, Kwesi was also speeding coming from the opposite direction, but unfortunately, they crashed into each other and Kwesi died at the spot.
Rasta died on the way to the Ajumako District Government Hospital.
Meanwhile, the bodies have been deposited at the mortuary.
Incidentally, their deceased colleague, Daniel Nyarkoh, 23, whose funeral was being organized also died in a motor accident.
Credit: Yaw Boagyan