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One reporter dead in Ghana presidential convoy accident

Xinhua, August 21, 2015 Adjust font size:

A member of the press corps of Ghana's Presidency lost his life Thursday after the vehicle they were traveling skidded off road, a release from the presidency said.

The release said the reporter from the state-owned Ghanaian Times newspaper lost his life in an accident involving the press corps at Shai Hills about 45 km northeast of the capital.

The release said other members of the press corps were also injured and had been airlifted to the Military hospital in the capital.

It said the vehicle skidded off road at the Volta Regional capital Ho. Endit