(VIDEO) Obogu Mourns: Mass Burial Held for 16 Saviour Church Accident Victims
Sixteen members of the Saviour Church of Ghana who died in a tragic head-on collision with a fuel tanker on the Kumasi-Accra highway have been buried in a mass grave at Obogu, leaving the entire community and church in deep mourning.
- Sixteen Saviour Church members died in a head-on crash with a fuel tanker on July 28
- The victims were returning from a church event in the Eastern Region
- A mass burial was held in Obogu with all 16 laid to rest in a single grave
Sixteen members of the Saviour Church of Ghana who tragically died in a horrific road crash on the Kumasi-Accra highway have been laid to rest in a mass burial in Obogu, Asante Akyem North Municipality.
The fatal accident occurred on Monday, July 28, around 2:30 p.m., when the victims were returning from the Church’s annual convention in the Eastern Region. Eyewitness accounts say their vehicle collided head-on with a fuel tanker traveling in the opposite direction near Atwedie.
In a deeply emotional and symbolic gesture, the grieving Obogu community and Saviour Church members came together to dig a single large grave to lay all 16 victims to rest — a solemn reflection of the unity they shared in life and death.
The tragedy has sent shockwaves through the community, leaving families and friends devastated and the Church in mourning.
