One person was reported dead while two others sustained various degrees of injuries when a Renault car lost control and ran into some members of the Great Fire Pentecostal Church headed by Bishop Daniel Bonegas at their Weija branch of the church in Accra. Madam Alice Doku, 58, lost her life while Albert Coffie,55 and Georgina Antwi,38, sustained various degrees of injuries, according to reports received.Â
The report indicates that Madam Antwi had one of her legs cut off. Consultation service was then being carried out by the Man of God when the accident occurred a few meters from the church premises. The woman was pronounced dead on arrival at the Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital but the other two, according to information, are currently on admission and receiving treatment. Police report indicated that the accident occurred last Friday August 12, 2016 at noon.Â
The driver of the Renault private car with registration number GX1985-15, Emmanuel Amartey-Fio was also from the church and was heading towards Injunction. The driver was the one who sold the land on which the church is currently located to the church. According to the driver, the church was still owing him, so that fateful Friday, he received a call from Bishop Daniel Bonegas to come over to the church premises to collect the balance of his money.
 Suspect Amartey-Fio, reports indicate got to the church premises while service was still ongoing so he had to wait outside for the service to be over before he sees the Man of God for his money. After church had closed, the driver said he called Bishop Bonegas on phone but Bishop asked him to wait for a while since he was in a counseling session.Â
While Amartey-Fio sat quietly waiting, he said he received a distressed call from a friend to meet him immediately at Weija Junction. He said he immediately sat in his car and switched on the ignition. While descending the hill from the church premises, he lost control of the steering and ran into some of the church members who were going home after the church service. The three victims were dragged by the vehicle to a distance before crashing into a bus belonging to the church parked in front of the premises.Â
Superintendent Shaibu Osei, the District Police commander when contacted said the driver had been granted bail by an Accra Motor Court at the sum of GH¢14,000 with three sureties. He would reappear before the court while police continue with their investigations.
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