Ghanaian media personality and host of the morning show 'Maakye' on Onua TV, Captain Smart, has alleged that the government intentionally left a truck on the railway tracks during a test run of two newly acquired diesel-powered trains from Poland, aimed at improving the country's railway transport system.

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He has raised concerns about the competence of the officials overseeing the locomotive test, questioning how they could have been unaware of the presence of the truck obstructing the path of the train. This oversight resulted in damage to the cabin area of the train.His comments come after one of two trains acquired from Poland rammed into an abandoned Hyndai truck on the tracks of the railway lines.<img

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alt="" class="wp-image-660047" />Train accidentHe alleged that " You see, they have announced they are going for insurance. Yes, they are going to take the money and share it among themselves .Its an old train and they deliberately left this thing there to take money for damages.From nowhere, the truck driver decided to curve and land on the lines? In any case, those

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who were testing to check if the train lines were intact. Are they trying to tell us that they didn't see the truck parked on the railway?

test officers didn't see this truck? They are aware; they know it was a deliberate thing."<img src="

alt="" class="wp-image-660154" />Train-crashed into this

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truckCapt. Smart also said that the two trains were gifted to the president. According to him, these are old trains that have been rebranded and gifted to Ghana, daring the government to present it's receipts if the said trains were paid for."The government didn’t pay a dime for these trains; it was a gift to them. If it’s a lie, they should publish receipts.

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These trains are old trains that have been repainted and branded," he added.Meanwhile, the Ministry of Railway Development, in its statement, addressed the incident as "unfortunate, irresponsible, and unpatriotic." According to them 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.

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