Former Director of Operations at the Forestry Commission, Charles Owusu has criticized the actions of a truck driver who left his faulty vehicle obstructing a railway line, resulting in the destruction of a newly imported train from Poland.

The government had imported the train with the aim of revitalizing the railway sector and promoting business.

The Diesel Multiple Unit (DMU) train was undergoing a test drive when it collided with the abandoned Hyundai truck on Thursday, April 18.

Speaking on Peace FM’s “Kokrokoo” morning show, Charles Owusu likened the truck driver's behavior to a suicide bombing.

He expressed disbelief at the thought of someone parking a vehicle in the middle of a railway line, especially in a location where there is no road for vehicular movement.

To him, “this is beyond madness” and called for stricter punishment for the offender.

“He is like a suicide bomber. What he (driver) did is equal to suicide bombing,” the parliamentary aspirant for Nkoranza North rebuked the driver.

He further labeled this action as "foolishness," emphasizing that "God doesn't cure foolishness."

On Thursday, the Ghana Police Service apprehended the driver, disclosing in an official statement that their investigation revealed the suspect had abandoned the vehicle on the railway line.

The driver, Abel Dzidotor, has purportedly been sentenced to a six-month imprisonment.

He confessed to three of the four charges against him, which comprised inconsiderate driving and causing unlawful damage.