A night patrol on the Abuakwa-Bibiani highway turned fatal after a bus knocked down Inspector Enoch Adusei near Anyinamso.

Published 11 Nov 2026, 15:18 GMT

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Inspector Enoch Adusei was with a patrol team covering the highway near Anyinamso when a Kia Grand Bird bus travelling from Bibiani towards Accra hit him at about 9:30pm near the Mercy Filling Station. His death adds to the heavy toll of road crashes in the Ashanti Region this year.

He died instantly from the impact, according to a police situational report. Officers took his body to the Afari Community Hospital morgue for keeping and post-mortem examination.

The 65-year-old driver is in custody helping officers with their inquiries, and the bus is being held at the station for inspection.

Police say investigations are continuing to establish the circumstances of the crash. No charges had been announced in the reports reviewed.

Two hundred and twelve people died in road crashes in the region in the first quarter of 2026, up from 194 in the same period last year, the National Road Safety Authority has said.

It counted 158 pedestrians knocked down in the same period, up from 118. Across the country, the MTTD logged 2,151 deaths and 12,230 injuries from crashes between January and September this year.

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Police inspector killed by bus on night patrol on Abuakwa-Bibiani highway

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