Tragedy struck in Asukawkaw, a community in the Krachi East Municipality of the Oti Region, after a fuel tanker ran into a crowd at the local market on Thursday, August 14, 2025.

The accident killed four, injuring 14 others.

According to the assembly member for the Asukawkaw Electoral Area, Mark Oduro, the deceased persons included three women and a one-year-old girl – among market women who were conducting their business, when the tanker driver lost control of the vehicle and crashed into them.

He is, therefore, appealed to the authorities to come to their aid by constructing a speed ramps to prevent the rampant accident on that stretch.

Police in the district have arrested the driver to assist with investigations into the cause of the accident.

The bodies of the deceased have been conveyed to Worawora Government Hospital mortuary, while the injured are receiving treatment at nearby health facilities.