My brother Adu had told me that a bunch of my fathers church members(well im not sure if theyre apart of his Kenyasi church, or if theyre just Anglicans) had died in a trotro accident on Saturday. The group of 22 people were on there way home from a funeral when a truck full of stolen wood collided with the trotro head on. Heres the whole story:
The Ghanaian military were chasing after a utility truck full of stolen wood. So they decided to open fire at the truck, which shot and killed the driver and made him swerve in to the other lane and kill 22 out of 23 people in the trotro. I just find it totally unnecessary to open fire on a truck full of stolen wood. But what also gets to me is, they drove off without helping the people in the trotro! They freaking drove off! I think that they might have just wanted to shoot at something, which ended up in this tragety. That just shows how untrained the military is here. At least wait until there arent any vehicles around! And theyre supposed to be protecting the people of Ghana?! And its also even worse that they didnt even have to integrity to stop and check on the people!
But what really hits home to me is that i met a number of these people at my host fathers installation in Kenyasi! Nothing more than an introduction to them or anything, but it still hurt me so much. Also, another AFS student had come to Sunyani to visit the AFS students here and on her way back home, she was only a few minutes behind the accident! That could have been her! 22 people died over a truck full of stolen wood! I find that very pathetic!
I just ask you to pray for these people and their families! Because their lives where cut short because of one poor decision.
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We were listening to XM radio World News and heard about it just this morning. It is sad that the people who are supposed to protect the citizen of Ghana are the cause of much sarrow for the surviving families.
We will say a prayer for the lost souls and their families.
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