A team of journalists and officials from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) narrowly escaped death after their vehicle was involved in a serious road accident at Dadwene, near Afari, in the Ashanti Region on Thursday, November 6, 2025.
The group was returning from an anti-illegal mining (galamsey) operation in the Obuasi enclave when the crash occurred. The exercise, which targeted illegal mining sites, reportedly turned chaotic after the team came under attack by a group of miners at Dadwene, a community near Obuasi.
Under intense pressure, the EPA officers and the journalists were forced to retreat for safety. However, while traveling through Afari, one of the vehicles in the convoy reportedly suffered brake failure and overturned, leaving several occupants injured.
According to eyewitnesses and survivors, the driver lost control of the vehicle while descending a hilly stretch of the road.
Eight people five journalists and three EPA staff were on board the vehicle. Four journalists and the three EPA officers sustained minor injuries and were treated at the Afari Community Hospital.
A camera technician with the Multimedia Group, however, suffered a severe leg fracture and was transferred to the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital in Kumasi, where he underwent surgery Thursday night. Medical personnel say the remaining victims are responding to treatment and are expected to be reviewed for possible discharge today.
Among those involved in the crash was Ibrahim Abubakar, the Ashanti Regional Correspondent for Media General, who escaped serious injury. A reporter from Adom News, Luv FM reporter Nana Yaw Gyimah, and a female journalist with Citi FM. The journalists comprised four men and one woman.
Source: www.kumasimail.com
