ACCRA: At least five people were killed and several others injured on a highway from the capital Accra to the city of Kumasi, regional police told local media on Wednesday. Ebenezer Tetteh, acting public relations officer of the Eastern Regional Police Command, said the accident occurred at about 4:30 a.m. (8:30 a.m. in Manila, Wednesday) when a minibus with passengers on board is said to have crashed with a trailer truck carrying crates of alcoholic beverages. Tetteh told journalists the injured were rushed to a local hospital and the police have commenced investigation into the accident.