Tipper driver escapes death

Ho, April 12, GNA- Abdallah Hussein, 36, a tipper truck driver on Wednesday escaped death narrowly when the vehicle overturned while tipping off chippings in Ho.

Hussein who became dazed momentarily crept out of the driver's compartment after the vehicle turned upside down amidst shouts from passers by.Hussein told the Ghana News Agency later after he regained consciousness and took some water that the accident occurred due to inability to balance the bucket of the tipper containing the chippings.He praised Allah for not being crushed behind the drivers seat.One Madam Esenam, a beans seller, who was an eyewitness, told the GNA that the accident was awful and that it was only God who saved Hussein from being trapped to death.

12 April 07