Alhaji Mustapha Ali Idris, Northern Regional Minister, on Monday visited National Democratic Congress (NDC) accident victims on admission at the Tamale Teaching Hospital.
The victims were on their way to meet the party's running mate, Mr. John Mahama, at the outskirts of Tamale on Saturday when the accident
occurred.
One person, Baba Suweiba, 19, died and several others were injured.Alhaji Idris presented bags of rice, sugar and quantities of Milo, cooking oil, bread and biscuits and GH¢ 500 to the families of the victims.
He commended the staff of the hospital for the prompt attention they gave to the injured and urged them to continue to render such services to save lives.
The Regional Minister said to prevent similar accidents in future, the Inter-Party Advisory Committee would soon meet to discuss the issue for parties to educate their supporters to conduct themselves when welcoming their leaders.
Dr. Ken Sagoe, Chief Executive Officer of the Hospital who conducted the Regional Minister and members of the Northern Regional Security Committee (REGSEC) round the wards, said 14 of the victims were on admission with one in a critical condition.
He said majority of the victims had severe head injuries and broken legs adding that one of them was expected to have a leg amputated while
three had been referred to Accra.