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ACCRA, Ghana, Jan 21 (AP): At least 17 people were killed and dozens more injured when a vehicle carrying mining explosives blew up after colliding with a motorcycle in western Ghana, officials said Friday.<\/p>\n
The crash happened Thursday in Apiate, near Bogoso, a mining town in the Prestea-Huni Valley district, the district’s municipal chief executive Isaac Dsamani said. The vehicle was carrying explosives to the Chirano gold mine in the Western Region, he said.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe have sent 57 casualties to nearby health centers,\u201d Prosper Baah, acting regional head of the National Ambulance Service, said. Many people were injured as they tried to get to the scene of the accident and were caught in the explosion, he said.<\/p>\n
The explosion caused massive damage to the village of Apiate, with a population of about 500, he said. \u201cIt is a very sad situation,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
Video from the scene circulating on social media shows homes reduced to pieces of wood and a massive crater in the earth where the explosion took place.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt is a truly sad, unfortunate and tragic incident,” Ghanian President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo said in a tweet, offering “deep condolences to the families of the deceased, and I wish the injured a speedy recovery.\u201d<\/p>\n
The National Disaster Management Organization is coordinating efforts to assist residents of the town, he said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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