Mrs. Sedinam Awo Kwadam, a Circuit Court docket Choose, has urged the Electrical energy Firm of Ghana (ECG), the Ghana Freeway Authority (GHA), and different stakeholders to make sure that all highways are lighted.
“Placed on all streetlights on our highways, these which can be faulty needs to be repaired… The state of affairs is scarier once we drive within the evening as a result of there are not any lights and these locations as so darkish.
“We pay for streetlights when electrical energy payments are given to us, but there are not any lights on our highways. We beg you, placed on the lights to avoid wasting lives on our roads,” she stated.
Mrs Kwadam made the enchantment when one Colbert Nii Ayitey Tagoe was put earlier than her court docket on expenses of careless and thoughtless driving and negligently inflicting hurt.
She stated that as a result of some pedestrians don’t put on brilliant clothes, some motorists are unable to see them, and that the variety of accidents and deadly circumstances in court docket was rising.
Tagoe pleaded not responsible to the costs and was admitted to bail within the sum of GHC50,000 with two sureties.
The accused, a driver, reportedly hit and killed a feminine grownup, Cynthia Dede Tettey, together with his Mercedes Benz saloon automotive, registration quantity GN 3060-11.
The incident occurred on April 10, 2021, about 1730 hours, at Madina Redco Junction, a couple of meters from the footbridge, which was underneath development.
The prosecution, led by Chief Superintendent of Police Endurance Mario, stated that on April 10, 2021, at round 1730 hours, Tagoe drove his Mercedes Benz saloon automotive with registration quantity GN 3060-11 from Adenta to Madina Zongo Junction on the Adenta-Madina foremost street within the center lane.
When Tagoe reached a piece of the street close to Redco Junction, a couple of meters from the overhead bridge, he knocked down Tetteh, 40, who was crossing from the motive force’s proper to the left.
The prosecution stated Tetteh sustained accidents and was rushed to the 37 Army Hospital the place she was admitted for therapy however died on April 13, 2021.
The court docket was informed that Tetteh’s physique was despatched to the morgue for preservation and post-mortem.
A report was filed with the police, who additionally inspected the accident scene, and a case docket was forwarded to the Legal professional Normal for evaluate and recommendation.
The matter has been adjourned to October 16, 2024