Aftermath Of Female Police Officer Death: Police Warns Over Speeding Drivers
The police cautioned motorists and pedestrians to desist from defying road traffic regulations to avert road crashes in the Kasoa-Winneba Highway.
Freeman Koryekpor Awlesu Greater 
Ghana Police Service (GPS) has sounded strong words of warning to the recalcitrant motorists, particularly those who drive commercial and V8 vehicles who ply the Kasoa-Winneba Highway to stop their unnecessary overspeeding on the roads since speeding kills.
The police cautioned motorists and pedestrians to desist from defying road traffic regulations to avert road crashes in the Kasoa-Winneba Highway.
The Deputy Commander of Central East Police Regional Command which was Headquartered at Millennium City, Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP), Mr. Oduro Amaning who issued the warning cited several drivers who drive commercial and V8 vehicles for road traffic regulations and offenses including careless driving, dangerous driving, and causing road obstruction among others.
He vowed that the police administration will not relent in its efforts to ensure such drivers face the full force of the law when caught in the act.
“The Police Administration has directed all Police formations throughout the country to clamp down on recalcitrant drivers.
“They are cautioned to stop flouting Road Traffic Regulations or face the full rigor of the law if arrested,” he further warned.
ACP Oduro Amaning warning emanates from Tuesday’s road traffic accident for which
a 29-year-old Police Constable Comfort Febiri was crushed to death whilst on duty at a Police checkpoint at Gomoa Potsin on the Kasoa-Winneba Highway around 2 am on Tuesday, January 2, 2022 night.
He described the death of the female police officer as unacceptable, heartbreaking, and worried.
According to him, Tuesday's accident could be avoided if the driver, Mr. Francis Anane was not over-speeding before involving in the accident at a police checkpoint at Gomoa Postsjunction in the Central Region.
Married to Mr.. Francis Yeboah who is a civilian, the deceased has not given birth before her untimely death amidst tears of family and sympathizers.
So far, the Central East Regional Police Commanders have visited the deceased’s home to commiserate with her husband.
Meanwhile, the police administration has sent a delegation from the national headquarters to visit the husband, the accident scene, and the Dominase police station where the deceased was officially stationed until her demise.
The delegation who was led by COP Nathan Kofi Boakye announced that the police administration shall cater for the funeral cost of the deceased.
He said a delegation has been sent to the Jinijini hometown of the deceased in the Bono region to have her family officially informed.
He asked the husband and neighbors to take solace in the Lord.
Meanwhile, a team of psychologists has been assigned to the husband as well as colleague officers of the deceased.
The Police Constable Comfort Febiri has been crushed to death by a 34-year-old driver whilst on duty at a Police checkpoint.
The remains of the deceased have since been deposited at the police hospital morgue.
The unfortunate incident occurred at a Police snap checkpoint at Gomoa Potsin on the Kasoa-Winneba Highway around 2 am on Tuesday.
Speaking in an interview with Soireenews.com via a telephone call to give detailed information about the incident, ACP Oduro Amaning stated that the driver, Francis Anane from Accra to Tarkwa caused the accident.
According to the senior police officer,
a speeding driver of a Toyota van with registration number GS 5746- 20 loaded with plastic cones, whilst approaching the barrier from the Kasoa section, failed to stop even though he was signaled to do so by the police at the checkpoint and eventually crashed the mounted barricade against the policewoman.
The news, he said has saddened officers with the Gomoa Dominase District Police Command since the barrier, he confirmed, was established just last week after a series of robbery cases were recorded on the said highway.
He stated that the accident resulted in severe damage to the skull of the victim resulting in instant death.
Francis Yeboah is the husband of the deceased who has since been left in a hysterical mood when the news was broke to him, has described his wife’s death as terrible.
According to him, they got married in September last year, and could never envisage losing his wife in such a tragic manner.
The news has saddened officers with the Gomoa Dominase District Police Command since the barrier, they say, was established just last week after a series of robbery cases were recorded on the said highway.
ACP Mr. Oduro Amaning has consistently cautioned drivers and other road users to strictly adhere to road traffic regulations to prevent the crashes that are associated with the festive season.
Available data shows that road crashes data for the year 2021 doesn’t look good.
Provisional data compiled by the Motor Traffic and Transport Department of the Ghana Police Service has revealed that the number of commuters killed in road traffic crashes, from January to September 2021, rose by 16.37 percent, compared to the same period last year.
It increased from 1,827 between January and September 2020, to 2,126 in the first nine months of this year.
