The former Ashanti regional chairman of the Ghana Journalists’ Association (GJA) and Asante Kotoko Public Relations Officer, Listowell Yesu Bukarson, and his family have survived a road accident in the United States last Tuesday (July 4), when a pick-up truck rammed into his vehicle at high speed.
The road crash, which occurred on the Cliffdale and Reilly Road in the US town of Fayetteville in the state of North Carolina involves the family’s Honda CRV and a truck.
“My family and I had hosted friends to a July 4, US Independence Day party in our home on Beaver Run Drive. As is always the case every year, we decided to drive to the US Army base of Fort Liberty (formerly Fort Bragg) to witness the celebrations of the Independence Day fireworks,” Bukarson recalled in an interview with Asaaseradio.com.
He added: “About six minutes’ drive away from home, we ran into a traffic stop; as we waited for the traffic to turn on green so we could move, this big white pick-up truck, from the North Reilly end of the Army base, desperate to beat the red light, on top speed, possibly lost control over the steering wheel, ran over the pavement, and rammed into the driver’s side of our vehicle and smashed three other cars.”
Bukarson’s wife Agivert and daughter, Condi, who were in the car with him, sustained body pains after the impact.
“My daughter complained of pains in her left hand, back, neck, and chest, and other parts of her body,” the former sports broadcaster said, adding that: “Agivert also sustained lacerations on her right breast side. She complains of back, neck, and arm pains.”
Bukarson, who doubles as the chief executive of The Press Foundation, sustained neck injury.
“My left side, back, and especially my face and left eye where the airbags stuck hurt with excruciating pain,” he told Asaaseradio.com.
He expressed gratitude to the CEO of Tiger Eye PI and Africa’s controversial undercover journalist, Anas Aremeyaw Anas, for reaching out after the accident.
“Anas has been supportive by way of encouragement and guidance in many ways in these past few days. As a brother and friend to my family, he has been in constant touch with my wife and daughter to ensure they are doing well,” he added.
-Asaaseradio.com
