THE driver of the articulated truck which ran over and killed four children and a woman at a zebra crossing at Kwesimintsim last Thursday has surrendered to the police.
Police sources told the Daily Graphic that the driver, Mohammed Abass, 30, initially fled to Kumasi after the accident and reported himself to the police in Kumasi yesterday, from where he was transferred to Takoradi.
Earlier, the owner of the articulated truck had assured the police that he would do everything possible to ensure that the driver of the truck was arrested.
The District Commander of Police in charge of the area, DSP Ayamga Akologo, told the Daily Graphic that the vehicle owner reported himself to the police when he heard of the accident and had been very co-operative.
He said the vehicle owner had provided the cell-phone number of the driver and had persisted in calling him on the phone until he finally responded and agreed to report to the police.
One of the children who survived the accident is still in critical condition but three others are said to be responding to treatment at the Effia-Nkwanta Regional Hospital.
A team of doctors, led by the Medical Director of the hospital, Dr Paul Ntodi, which is attending to Little Melisa Donkor, is, however, hopeful that she will come out of her critical condition.
The doctors said other schoolchildren who were involved in the accident but did not sustain any serious injuries had been treated and discharged.
DSP Akologo said the woman whose Honda Accord car was run over by the truck was doing well but was traumatised.
As of now, the identity of the woman who died with the four children is yet to be established by the police.
Meanwhile, the Western Regional Minister, Mr Paul Evans Aidoo, has visited the children at the hospital and made donations to them.
The minister used the occasion to urge motorists to be cautious on the roads.
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