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A Cape Coast Circuit Court has sentenced the surviving driver in the accident that claimed 34 lives at Dompoase on the Cape Coast-Takoradi Highway to 12 months in prison.
The convict, Mark Mireku, 45, was found guilty of dangerous driving by a Cape Coast Circuit Court on Monday, June 8, 2020.

He was also fined GH¢ 17, 280 or in default serve 12 years in prison on 18 counts each of negligently causing harm.

The court has also banned him from operating as a commercial driver for life.

Mark was driving a Hyundai bus with registration number GN 3780-10 when in an attempt to over-take another vehicle collided with a Man Diesel bus with registration number GR 5704-18.

The accident which occurred on January 14, 2020, claimed 34 lives, while 54 others suffered serious injuries.

The deceased included 20 male adults, 11 female adults and three children, made up of two females and a male.