A seven-year-old girl, Latifa Usman, was on Thursday morning killed when bus knocked her at Adidwan near Asante-Mampong.
Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) Benjamin Kwadwo Gyasi, Asante-Mampong Commander of the Motor Traffic and Transport Unit (MTTU),
told the Ghana News Agency that the little girl attempted to cross the Kumasi-Ejura road to buy beans cake (koose).
He said the driver fled to a nearby village, Satasu, to escape being lynched by a mob and later handed himself to the police.
The body of little Latifa had been deposited at the Asante-Mampong Government Hospital for autopsy.