VERY SAD: Tears flow at burial of 5 school Children of Nkawkaw school bus accident victims.

The situation became emötionally charged during the burial service when authorities of the decêased schools did a roll call to expunge their names from the school register. This happened while the families members stood behind the còffîns of their departed ones and crïeê bitterly. GHANA NEWS TV’s Samuel Sefa (Nana Sefa Hwenebobo) , who was at the funeral grounds reports that, a government delegation was in attendance to support the bereaved families. Background A Nissan Patrol vehicle, believed to be the official vehicle of the District Chief Executive for Atwima Kwanwoma in the Ashanti region, Prince Karikari, is said to have slammed into the Hyundai minibus with registration GE 2291-10. According to an eyewitness account, the driver of the bus attempted an unapproved U-turn while driving on the shoulders of the road from the Accra-Kumasi direction at a spot near Nanchia. In all, five pupils and a teacher died making the death toll 6.