{"id":73901,"date":"2024-05-23T16:38:12","date_gmt":"2024-05-23T16:38:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/uncategorized\/saaka-salia-accuses-ndc-of-parking-truck-on-railway-line-in-the-tema-mpakadan-train-crash"},"modified":"2024-05-23T17:14:51","modified_gmt":"2024-05-23T17:14:51","slug":"saaka-salia-accuses-ndc-of-parking-truck-on-railway-line-in-the-tema-mpakadan-train-crash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/all-news\/saaka-salia-accuses-ndc-of-parking-truck-on-railway-line-in-the-tema-mpakadan-train-crash","title":{"rendered":"Saaka Salia accuses NDC of parking truck on railway line in the Tema-Mpakadan train crash"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Ghana. <\/strong><\/span>Saaka Salia, a member of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) National Communications Team, has accused the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) of masterminding the truck that was parked on the Tema-Mpakadan railway line, causing the train crash involving the newly imported Diesel Multiple Unit (DMU) train.<\/b><\/p>\n

The Ministry of Railways Development confirmed that one of the new DMU trains was involved in a minor accident.<\/p>\n

According to a statement from the Ministry, \u201cAt approximately 12:10 pm on Thursday, 18th April 2024, while conducting the test, an incident took place around Km 76+100. The DMU, upon approaching the curve at Km76+ 100, encountered a stationary vehicle stationed right across the rail track\u201d.<\/p>\n

The statement added that, despite the immediate application of the emergency braking system, the train was unable to come to a complete stop before colliding with the vehicle.<\/p>\n

The Ghana Police Service subsequently arrested the driver of the Hyundai truck, who allegedly abandoned his truck on the railway line, leading to the train crash on Thursday, April 18.<\/p>\n

According to the police statement, preliminary investigations had established that the suspect driver left the truck unattended on the railway line, resulting in a collision with the new Diesel Multiple Unit (DMU) train.<\/p>\n

Moreover, the 41-year-old Abel Dzidotor was convicted and sentenced to six months of imprisonment on Friday, April 19, after admitting guilt to three out of the four charges levelled against him.<\/p>\n

But the NPP communicator accused the NDC of being behind Abel Dzidotor because they supported the actions, as the party never criticised the 41-year-old driver.<\/p>\n

He made the accusations while speaking on The Biggue segment of the TV3 New Day programme on Wednesday, May 22, 2024.<\/p>\n

Touting President Akufo-Addo\u2019s achievements in the railway sector, Saaka Salia said, \u201c…if you look at railway infrastructure…Mpakadan to Tema, haven\u2019t you seen when we were doing the test run that NDC people used some car to [cross the railway line]…that is what happened.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cBecause they [the NDC] came to the defence of the man…it\u2019s so obvious who the man is…it was a sabotage,\u201d he argued.<\/p>\n

For More News And Analysis About Ghana<\/a> Follow Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Ghana. Saaka Salia, a member of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) National Communications Team, has accused the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) of masterminding the truck that was parked on the Tema-Mpakadan railway line, causing the train crash involving the newly imported Diesel Multiple Unit (DMU) train. The Ministry of Railways Development confirmed […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":73900,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,10],"tags":[5092,5096,429],"class_list":["post-73901","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-parties","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-ghana","tag-ghana"],"yoast_head":"\nSaaka Salia accuses NDC of parking truck on railway line in the Tema-Mpakadan train crash - Ghana<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Saaka Salia, a member of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) National Communications Team, has accused the opposition Natio ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/all-news\/saaka-salia-accuses-ndc-of-parking-truck-on-railway-line-in-the-tema-mpakadan-train-crash\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Saaka Salia accuses NDC of parking truck on railway line in the Tema-Mpakadan train crash\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Saaka Salia, a member of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) National Communications Team, has accused the opposition Natio ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/all-news\/saaka-salia-accuses-ndc-of-parking-truck-on-railway-line-in-the-tema-mpakadan-train-crash\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Ghana\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2024-05-23T16:38:12+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-05-23T17:14:51+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/ghana\/sites\/18\/2024\/05\/sm_1716471559.984468.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1280\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"720\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/all-news\/saaka-salia-accuses-ndc-of-parking-truck-on-railway-line-in-the-tema-mpakadan-train-crash#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/all-news\/saaka-salia-accuses-ndc-of-parking-truck-on-railway-line-in-the-tema-mpakadan-train-crash\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Saaka Salia accuses NDC of parking truck on railway line in the Tema-Mpakadan train crash\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-05-23T16:38:12+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-05-23T17:14:51+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/all-news\/saaka-salia-accuses-ndc-of-parking-truck-on-railway-line-in-the-tema-mpakadan-train-crash\"},\"wordCount\":370,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/all-news\/saaka-salia-accuses-ndc-of-parking-truck-on-railway-line-in-the-tema-mpakadan-train-crash#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/ghana\/sites\/18\/2024\/05\/sm_1716471559.984468.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Africa Press\",\"Africa Press-Ghana\",\"ghana\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"parties\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/all-news\/saaka-salia-accuses-ndc-of-parking-truck-on-railway-line-in-the-tema-mpakadan-train-crash#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/all-news\/saaka-salia-accuses-ndc-of-parking-truck-on-railway-line-in-the-tema-mpakadan-train-crash\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/all-news\/saaka-salia-accuses-ndc-of-parking-truck-on-railway-line-in-the-tema-mpakadan-train-crash\",\"name\":\"Saaka Salia accuses NDC of parking truck on railway line in the Tema-Mpakadan train crash - Ghana\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/all-news\/saaka-salia-accuses-ndc-of-parking-truck-on-railway-line-in-the-tema-mpakadan-train-crash#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/all-news\/saaka-salia-accuses-ndc-of-parking-truck-on-railway-line-in-the-tema-mpakadan-train-crash#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/ghana\/sites\/18\/2024\/05\/sm_1716471559.984468.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-05-23T16:38:12+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-05-23T17:14:51+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"description\":\"Saaka Salia, a member of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) National Communications Team, has accused the opposition Natio ...\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/all-news\/saaka-salia-accuses-ndc-of-parking-truck-on-railway-line-in-the-tema-mpakadan-train-crash#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/all-news\/saaka-salia-accuses-ndc-of-parking-truck-on-railway-line-in-the-tema-mpakadan-train-crash\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/all-news\/saaka-salia-accuses-ndc-of-parking-truck-on-railway-line-in-the-tema-mpakadan-train-crash#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/ghana\/sites\/18\/2024\/05\/sm_1716471559.984468.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/ghana\/sites\/18\/2024\/05\/sm_1716471559.984468.jpg\",\"width\":1280,\"height\":720,\"caption\":\"Saaka Salia accuses NDC of parking truck on railway line in the Tema-Mpakadan train crash\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/all-news\/saaka-salia-accuses-ndc-of-parking-truck-on-railway-line-in-the-tema-mpakadan-train-crash#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Saaka Salia accuses NDC of parking truck on railway line in the Tema-Mpakadan train crash\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/\",\"name\":\"Ghana\",\"description\":\"Just another Africa News Agency Sites site\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\",\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"cfeditoren\"}}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Saaka Salia accuses NDC of parking truck on railway line in the Tema-Mpakadan train crash - Ghana","description":"Saaka Salia, a member of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) National Communications Team, has accused the opposition Natio ...","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/all-news\/saaka-salia-accuses-ndc-of-parking-truck-on-railway-line-in-the-tema-mpakadan-train-crash","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Saaka Salia accuses NDC of parking truck on railway line in the Tema-Mpakadan train crash","og_description":"Saaka Salia, a member of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) National Communications Team, has accused the opposition Natio ...","og_url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/all-news\/saaka-salia-accuses-ndc-of-parking-truck-on-railway-line-in-the-tema-mpakadan-train-crash","og_site_name":"Ghana","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa","article_published_time":"2024-05-23T16:38:12+00:00","article_modified_time":"2024-05-23T17:14:51+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1280,"height":720,"url":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/ghana\/sites\/18\/2024\/05\/sm_1716471559.984468.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"cfeditoren","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"cfeditoren","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/all-news\/saaka-salia-accuses-ndc-of-parking-truck-on-railway-line-in-the-tema-mpakadan-train-crash#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/all-news\/saaka-salia-accuses-ndc-of-parking-truck-on-railway-line-in-the-tema-mpakadan-train-crash"},"author":{"name":"cfeditoren","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb"},"headline":"Saaka Salia accuses NDC of parking truck on railway line in the Tema-Mpakadan train crash","datePublished":"2024-05-23T16:38:12+00:00","dateModified":"2024-05-23T17:14:51+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/all-news\/saaka-salia-accuses-ndc-of-parking-truck-on-railway-line-in-the-tema-mpakadan-train-crash"},"wordCount":370,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/all-news\/saaka-salia-accuses-ndc-of-parking-truck-on-railway-line-in-the-tema-mpakadan-train-crash#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/ghana\/sites\/18\/2024\/05\/sm_1716471559.984468.jpg","keywords":["Africa Press","Africa Press-Ghana","ghana"],"articleSection":["all news","parties"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/all-news\/saaka-salia-accuses-ndc-of-parking-truck-on-railway-line-in-the-tema-mpakadan-train-crash#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/all-news\/saaka-salia-accuses-ndc-of-parking-truck-on-railway-line-in-the-tema-mpakadan-train-crash","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/all-news\/saaka-salia-accuses-ndc-of-parking-truck-on-railway-line-in-the-tema-mpakadan-train-crash","name":"Saaka Salia accuses NDC of parking truck on railway line in the Tema-Mpakadan train crash - Ghana","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/all-news\/saaka-salia-accuses-ndc-of-parking-truck-on-railway-line-in-the-tema-mpakadan-train-crash#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/all-news\/saaka-salia-accuses-ndc-of-parking-truck-on-railway-line-in-the-tema-mpakadan-train-crash#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/ghana\/sites\/18\/2024\/05\/sm_1716471559.984468.jpg","datePublished":"2024-05-23T16:38:12+00:00","dateModified":"2024-05-23T17:14:51+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb"},"description":"Saaka Salia, a member of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) National Communications Team, has accused the opposition Natio ...","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/all-news\/saaka-salia-accuses-ndc-of-parking-truck-on-railway-line-in-the-tema-mpakadan-train-crash#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/all-news\/saaka-salia-accuses-ndc-of-parking-truck-on-railway-line-in-the-tema-mpakadan-train-crash"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/all-news\/saaka-salia-accuses-ndc-of-parking-truck-on-railway-line-in-the-tema-mpakadan-train-crash#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/ghana\/sites\/18\/2024\/05\/sm_1716471559.984468.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/ghana\/sites\/18\/2024\/05\/sm_1716471559.984468.jpg","width":1280,"height":720,"caption":"Saaka Salia accuses NDC of parking truck on railway line in the Tema-Mpakadan train crash"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/all-news\/saaka-salia-accuses-ndc-of-parking-truck-on-railway-line-in-the-tema-mpakadan-train-crash#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Saaka Salia accuses NDC of parking truck on railway line in the Tema-Mpakadan train crash"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/","name":"Ghana","description":"Just another Africa News Agency Sites site","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb","name":"cfeditoren","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"cfeditoren"}}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73901","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/84"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=73901"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73901\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/73900"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=73901"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=73901"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=73901"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}