Story: Moses Dotsey Aklorbortu, Agon
THREE officials of the Customs, Excise and Preventive Service (CEPS) died last Tuesday when the official Toyota Hilux vehicle in which they were travelling was involved in an accident.
The three were travelling from Jomoro to Accra when their vehicle veered off its lane and rammed into two taxis at Agonafie in the Ahanta West District in the Western Region and landed in a valley.
The deceased are the driver of the vehicle, Emmanuel Kottey, Patrick Dogbey (also known as Kportor), the head of the Jomoro Collection Point; and Kuduano Bobio, also an official.
According to CEPS sources, Mr Dogbey was due for retirement in September this year and was expected to be the guest at a send-off party planned for tomorrow, Friday, May 2, 2008.
An eyewitness told the Daily Graphic that the CEPS vehicle somersaulted several times after hitting the two taxis and finally landed in a valley at about 12:30 p.m.
The occupants of the taxis sustained various degrees of injury.
The Western Regional Public Relations Officer of the Ghana Police Service, Inspector Olivia Ewurabena Adiku, confirmed the incident and said the police were still investigating to establish the actual cause of the accident.
The bodies of the deceased have been deposited at the Nana Hima Dekyei Government Hospital at Dixcove.
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