A passenger who was at the point of death eventually thrown out of a commercial vehicle on Wednesday on the Akyem-Apedwa junction stretch of the Accra-Kumasi Highway in the Eastern region.
According to a report by StarrFM, the passenger, identify Henry Owusu Agyemang Ankobea in his 40s and believed to be traveling from Asante Bekwai to Accra, was allegedly removed from the vehicle he was aboard after his health condition worsened and he started gasping for breath.
The visibly dying gentleman was aided by an eyewitness to cross the road in desperate search for a good Samaritan to help him get emergency medical intervention, but suddenly fainted.
Unfortunately, the passersby and hawkers along the road were afraid to get closer to him for fear of incrimination.
No.42810 Detective Sergeant Bright Armah, a police officer stationed at the Apedwa police station but on study leave, came across the situation and rescued the dying passenger from the roadside and sent him to the Apedwa Health Center. His blood sugar level was about 26 mmol/L.
"About 4:30 p.m., I came across a sick passenger, who, according to eyewitnesses, was abandoned by the commercial vehicle he was aboard at Apedwa Junction. They assisted him to cross the road to the other side of the road, but he fell on the ground and died, and the people around were afraid and helpless.
The police officer took the unlocked Samsung Galaxy 9 mobile phone of the critically ill patient to search and call his relatives to inform them about the situation.
"So I called the family members. I called one man who gave his identity as a military officer and said the man was his cousin."
"Unfortunately, the man died at dawn before the arrival of the family members the next morning, and the body was deposited at Kibi Mortuary," the police officer said.
Management of the Kibi government hospital confirmed the incident and efforts made by the passenger, which were unsuccessful.
