Two KNUST students die in car crash on campus, three others injured.

Two students of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) have died after they were involved in a car crash on campus on Saturday, March 27, 2021.

Three other occupants of the private vehicle the students were driving in are receiving treatment at the hospital.

According to officials of the Motor Traffic and Transport Department of the Ghana Police Service, one of the occupants who are in critical condition has been transferred to the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital while two others are receiving treatment at the KNUST hospital.

The police told Citi News that, out of the five persons who were in the vehicle, four were KNUST students while one was a University of Ghana student.

A police source tells Citi News that their investigations have shown that the driver of the vehicle was attempting to negotiate a sharp curve and run into a tree.

The police say the management of the University has been notified of the incident.