‘Help to make Christmas happy occasion’
Mfantseman Municipal Police Commander, Deputy Superintendent of Police David Ashun, has urged drivers to help make Christmas and Easter festivities happy occasions and not mournful ones.
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Addressing the drivers’ union in the Mfantseman municipality at Mankessim, DSP Ashun said it was unfortunate that these joyous occasions (of which the saviour of mankind was born and when he sacrificed his life to save the world) had become tragedies in some homes because of careless behaviour of some drivers.
He said the police would be resolute on recalcitrant drivers during the coming festivities, and appealed to them to ensure that they complied with driving regulations.
DSP Ashun called on them to desist from speeding, overtaking at wrong spaces and overloading.
He appealed to commercial transport owners not to put pressure on their drivers to make the daily sales fixed for them at all cost and cautioned against driving while drunk.
He said from January to November, 121 accidents occurred involving 174 vehicles in which 34 people died and 113 people were injured.
Chairman of the GPRTU, Mr Oscar Kweku Appiah, expressed gratitude to the police commander for organising the meeting to remind drivers of the things they were not expected to do to ensure accident-free Christmas.
He assured that the drivers would cooperate with the police to ensure that no accident was recorded during the festivities. -GNA
