THE Volta Regional Fire Officer of the Ghana National Fire Service (GNFS), Mr Alex Martels Hughes, has attributed the upsurge of road traffic accidents to sharp or crudely constructed speed humps or rumble strips across roads.
He said the GNFS, as an emergency responding institution, had identified that the impact on vehicle by those rumble strips and speed humps affected the joints and weakened the bearings, tyres, shocks, engine seat and other parts of vehicles.
Mr Hughes said this when he inaugurated an extrication competition among fire service personnel drawn from the various districts of the region aimed at sharpening their skills in saving lives during road accidents.
He said it was incumbent on the Ghana Road Safety Commission and the Ghana Highway Authority (GHA) to take into consideration the concerns expressed by the service and take appropriate action, since some strips had destroyed roads at Michel Camp, Kpong, Afienya and Ablekuma.
Mr Hughes appealed to the public not to tamper with accident victims.
He said although there was always the zeal for people to rescue victims from wreckage the accident victims were sometimes manhandled and in the process their conditions became worsened.
Mr Hughes directed the public to call the Ghana National Fire Service on telephone number 192 to attend to such emergencies, especially in situations when their actions could worsen the conditions of the accident victims.
He said the GNFS did not charge for emergencies rendered so the public should report all emergencies to the service without delay because every second was crucial in any emergency.
Mr Hughes said the nation was grappling with road traffic accidents, and, therefore, there was the need for workable strategies to rescue victims and to save life and property.
He stated that the winner of the competition at the regional level would represent the region at the national level on a date to be announced later.
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