{"id":4091,"date":"2024-08-29T21:33:30","date_gmt":"2024-08-29T21:33:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sbmediaonline.com\/?p=4091"},"modified":"2024-08-29T21:33:30","modified_gmt":"2024-08-29T21:33:30","slug":"jomoro-mp-survives-near-fatal-accident-on-takoradi-cape-coast-highway","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sbmediaonline.com\/?p=4091","title":{"rendered":"Jomoro MP survives near-fatal accident on Takoradi-Cape Coast Highway"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"696\" height=\"522\" src=\"https:\/\/uwordpressmedia.blob.core.windows.net\/uwordpressmedia01\/2024\/08\/WhatsApp-Image-2024-08-29-at-11.45.14-768x576-Copy-696x522-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4092\" srcset=\"https:\/\/uwordpressmedia.blob.core.windows.net\/uwordpressmedia01\/2024\/08\/WhatsApp-Image-2024-08-29-at-11.45.14-768x576-Copy-696x522-1.jpg 696w, https:\/\/uwordpressmedia.blob.core.windows.net\/uwordpressmedia01\/2024\/08\/WhatsApp-Image-2024-08-29-at-11.45.14-768x576-Copy-696x522-1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/uwordpressmedia.blob.core.windows.net\/uwordpressmedia01\/2024\/08\/WhatsApp-Image-2024-08-29-at-11.45.14-768x576-Copy-696x522-1-360x270.jpg 360w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The Member of Parliament for Jomoro Constituency in the Western Region, Dorcas Affo-Toffey, and her entourage narrowly escaped a serious accident at Komenda Junction on the Takoradi-Cape Coast-Accra Highway.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The incident happened in the early hours of Thursday, August 29, 2024.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The accident occurred as the MP and her team were returning to Accra after launching her campaign at Half Assini over the weekend.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"808\" height=\"462\" src=\"https:\/\/uwordpressmedia.blob.core.windows.net\/uwordpressmedia01\/2024\/08\/WhatsApp-Image-2024-08-29-at-11.57.18.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4093\" srcset=\"https:\/\/uwordpressmedia.blob.core.windows.net\/uwordpressmedia01\/2024\/08\/WhatsApp-Image-2024-08-29-at-11.57.18.jpeg 808w, https:\/\/uwordpressmedia.blob.core.windows.net\/uwordpressmedia01\/2024\/08\/WhatsApp-Image-2024-08-29-at-11.57.18-300x172.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/uwordpressmedia.blob.core.windows.net\/uwordpressmedia01\/2024\/08\/WhatsApp-Image-2024-08-29-at-11.57.18-768x439.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 808px) 100vw, 808px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>According to eyewitnesses, around 5:05 a.m., Madam Affo-Toffey\u2019s Ford Raptor was almost involved in a catastrophic collision when a heavy truck attempted to overtake another truck.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"902\" height=\"520\" src=\"https:\/\/uwordpressmedia.blob.core.windows.net\/uwordpressmedia01\/2024\/08\/WhatsApp-Image-2024-08-29-at-11.51.29.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4094\" srcset=\"https:\/\/uwordpressmedia.blob.core.windows.net\/uwordpressmedia01\/2024\/08\/WhatsApp-Image-2024-08-29-at-11.51.29.jpeg 902w, https:\/\/uwordpressmedia.blob.core.windows.net\/uwordpressmedia01\/2024\/08\/WhatsApp-Image-2024-08-29-at-11.51.29-300x173.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/uwordpressmedia.blob.core.windows.net\/uwordpressmedia01\/2024\/08\/WhatsApp-Image-2024-08-29-at-11.51.29-768x443.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 902px) 100vw, 902px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>One of the truck drivers, seemingly dozing off, lost control of his vehicle, forcing the MP\u2019s driver to swerve off the road and into a nearby bush to avoid a head-on collision.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Madam Affo-Toffey and the three other occupants in the vehicle were immediately rushed to the hospital, where they are currently receiving treatment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While the vehicle sustained damage, all four occupants are reported to be in stable condition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">THANK YOU JESUS!<br>I am profoundly thankful to the Almighty God for sparing my life in what could have been a devastating tragedy. <br>My heartfelt appreciation goes out to everyone for your prayers and well-wishes during this challenging time.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/jomoromp?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#jomoromp<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/jomoroanyelazo?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#jomoroanyelazo<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/XbyZ6Dp7dF\">pic.twitter.com\/XbyZ6Dp7dF<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Hon. Dorcas Affo-Toffey (@AfoDorcas) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AfoDorcas\/status\/1829159601654378895?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 29, 2024<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Member of Parliament for Jomoro Constituency in the Western Region, Dorcas Affo-Toffey, and her entourage narrowly escaped a serious accident at Komenda Junction on [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":4092,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4091","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sbmediaonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4091","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sbmediaonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sbmediaonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sbmediaonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sbmediaonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4091"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sbmediaonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4091\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4095,"href":"https:\/\/sbmediaonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4091\/revisions\/4095"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sbmediaonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/4092"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sbmediaonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4091"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sbmediaonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4091"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sbmediaonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4091"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}