If Sprinter and other minibuses continue to crash, Acting Director-General of the National Road Safety Authority (NRSA) David Osafo Adonteng may rethink their usage for passenger transport.
He added the number of needless road incidents employing such cars, especially along the Takoradi-Cape Coast-Mankessim-Accra expressway, were scary.
Along one stretch, cars battled for passengers at high speed, endangering passengers and other road users.
In a weekend interview with the Ghana News Agency, Mr. Adonteng sympathized with road collision victims and their families and pledged to eliminate the problem.
After visiting patients at the Winneba Trauma and Specialist Hospital, he expressed regret over the loss of seven passengers in a horrific accident on Thursday night at Gomoa-Antseadze near Apam in the Gomoa West District of the Central Region.
He was joined by Madam Pearl Adosu, Authority Head of Public Relations, Ms Linda Affotey Annang, Central Regional Head of the NRSA, and Assistant Superintendent of Police Beatrice Smith-Koree, Director of Mankessim Motor Traffic and Transport Division.
The tragedy killed seven individuals and injured seven, including a baby.
Two Sprinter minibuses from Takoradi and Mankessim to Accra crashed. On approaching Gomoa-Antseadze, the Takoradi bus attempted to pass the second bus at full speed, swerved off the road, and crashed into the woods, trapping several.
