The Juapong Circuit Court in Ghana has sentenced a truck driver to six months jail term for abandoning his truck on the Tema-Mpakadan rail line.
The truck driver, Abel Dzidotor, 41, pleaded guilty before the court presided over by Judge Prosper Deu-Love Gormashie, to the three-count charges of careless and inconsiderate driving, unauthorized stopping and unlawful damage to the train.
According to local media reports on Friday, the incident took place during a site acceptance test of the new Diesel Multiple Unit (DMU) 001 from Tema to Mpakadan on Thursday, April 18, 2024.
The reports added that the train collided with the unmanned truck stuck across the railway line at an unapproved area in Abortia, a suburb of Juapong.
The truck driver was accused of abandoned the truck without consideration for other road users, leading to irreparable damage to the truck and some degree of damage to the train.
GIK/APA
Ghana: Truck driver jailed 6 months for abandoning truck on rail line
