A gory accident on Friday, June 6, at Tankokrom in Takoradi has claimed the life of Isaac Bonaray, popularly known as Ike Bonaray, the morning show host of Enchi-based Max FM. The tragic incident occurred as residents were preparing to mark the Eid Al-Adha holiday.
Bonaray was run over by a faulty timber truck that was reversing and crashed into a mini-bus (trotro) in which he was a passenger.
Those who identified the deceased said he had married just a week earlier and had recently moved into his completed home at Apowa, a suburb of Takoradi, with his new wife and their two-month-old baby.
According to eyewitnesses, the timber truck, loaded with lumber from Tanokrom and heading toward the Fijai-Cape Coast direction, lost control and slammed into a trotro carrying passengers from Takoradi to Kojokrom.
Giving his account of the incident, the trotro driver, Nkansah Kyerematen, said:
“Just within reach of the Tanokrom Pipeano Traffic light, the timber truck was seen reversing in the direction of the Trotro. In a move to avoid the truck, my Trotro hit the car behind me but the truck finally also hit the Trotro.
“The passengers in my vehicle started running away after the door was forcefully removed by my mate. I was immediately told by eyewitnesses that one of the passengers (Isaac Bonaray) in my vehicle, in an attempt to escape through the door, had been ran over and killed by the timber truck,” he explained.
First responders, including personnel from the Ghana National Fire Service and the Police, arrived shortly after being alerted. They towed the truck and retrieved Bonaray’s body, which was sent to the Effia Nkwanta Regional Hospital morgue.
Isaac Bonaray was not only a popular radio personality but also the Chairman of the Aowin Municipal Football Association and a member of the Executive Council of the Western Regional Football Association.
