A police officer, Sergeant Lambert Kumbusoon, has died in a fatal road accident at Atortorkorpe in the Ada East District of the Greater Accra Region.
Eyewitnesses have described the incident as sudden and deeply distressing.
According to one eyewitness, the crash occurred when two vehicles were overtaking each other as the deceased, who was riding a motorbike, also attempted to overtake.
“There was a parked motorbike by the roadside, but the officer did not notice it. He ran into it, and the impact threw him onto the road, where one of the speeding vehicles ran over him,” the eyewitness recounted.
Chief Superintendent Lovelace Kofi Glago, Ada District Police Commander, confirmed the incident to the Ghana News Agency (GNA).
He stated that the police received a distress call at approximately 8:30 p.m. on Wednesday, April 8, 2026, reporting that a Kia Rhino truck had knocked down a police officer at Atortorkorpe.
A police team was immediately dispatched to the scene, where the victim was identified as an officer who had recently been transferred from the Ada Criminal Investigation Department at the Divisional Command in Kasseh to Kpone.
Chief Superintendent Glago added that checks at the Big Ada Police Station revealed that a driver had voluntarily reported himself and was in police custody, assisting with investigations.
The victim was rushed to the Ada East District Hospital but was pronounced dead on arrival. His body has since been deposited at the hospital’s mortuary.
According to the Commander, the Divisional Command has directed that the body be transferred to the Police Hospital Mortuary in Accra for preservation and autopsy.
He noted that the exact cause of the accident is yet to be determined.
“We cannot immediately establish what exactly happened or who was at fault; investigations are ongoing,” he said.