Popular dancehall artiste , Ebony Reigns, has died in a fatal road accident that occurred late Thursday evening on the Sunyani - Kumasi road.
According to police , the 20 - year - old singer and two military officers were on board a Jeep with registration AS 497 —16 from Sunyani heading towards Kumasi when it collided head- on with a VIP bus heading towards Sunyani from Kumasi.
Myjoy reports that the two military occupants also died later at the Bechem Government Hospital after they were rushed there , DSP John Adusei , Mankraso District Commander , confirmed.
The driver of the VIP bus reportedly survived the accident but he is currently unconscious at the same hospital receiving treatment from doctors .
Adusei said the bodies have been deposited at Mankraso Hospital Morgue in the Ashanti Region .
Barimaba Yusif , a journalist with a local radio station, After - 2 FM , said on the Super Morning Show on Joy FM Friday the road on which the accident occurred was in a bad state .
The journalist suspects that the driver of the Jeep in which Ebony was travelling had attempted to avoid running into a heap of sand that was being used for road construction but instead ran into the VIP bus travelling in the opposite direction.
Known in real life as Priscilla Opoku- Kwarteng, Ebony was widely known for her hit songs “ Poison” and “Kupe ”.
She would have turned 21 on February 16 .