Taxi driver kills colleague with wheel spanner at Agona Swedru
A heated argument between two taxi drivers at Agona Swedru in the Agona West District of Central Region has ended in tragedy, as 26-year-old Evans Owusu lost his life after being struck with a wheel spinner by his colleague, Alex Amihere.
The incident happened at their workplace in the escalating to a point where Amihere reportedly used the wheel spanner as a weapon, inflicting fatal injuries on Owusu’s head.
What actually caused the heated argument I’d yet to be known by the family and friends of the deceased.
Speaking to Kasapa news, Yaw Boagyan, the victim’s father, Stephen Owusu, recounted the struggle to save his son.
“He was first sent to the Agona Swedru Hospital, then referred to the Winneba Trauma and Specialist Hospital, but none could handle the severity of the damage.
He eventually died at the Cape Coast Teaching Hospital,” he lamented.
The distraught father has called on the Ghana Police Service to apprehend the suspect and ensure justice is served.
Meanwhile, Lydia Andoh, the junior sister of the deceased’s wife, tearfully revealed the extent of the injury.
“The suspect damaged his brain before he passed away,” she said.
The body of the deceased has been deposited at the Cape Coast Teaching Hospital Mortuary for autopsy and preservation, while the suspect has been arrested and assisting police investigation at the Agona Swedru Police Command.
Story by Yaw Boagyan
