In the present day marks seven years since Ghana misplaced considered one of its most promising rising stars within the music business. Dancehall artiste, Ebony Reigns was solely 20 years outdated when she misplaced her life to a highway accident.
Whereas of late, the place many Ghanaian celebrities survive the frequent highway accidents, some few promising younger stars like Ebony had not been as fortunate on the highway through the years. Listed here are some Ghanaian stars whose gentle was postpone too quickly resulting from highway accidents.
1. Ebony Reigns
Priscilla Opoku-Kwarteng, recognized by her stage identify Ebony Reigns, was a Ghanaian dancehall/Afrobeats artist recognized for her hit songs “Poison”, “Kupe” and “Hustle”.
However on eighth February, 2018, simply eight days to her twenty first birthday, Ebony died immediately by a site visitors collision while getting back from Sunyani to Accra after visiting her mom. She died together with two different passengers; her long-time good friend and a navy man. The driving force was the only survivor.
That 12 months, Ebony made historical past on the Vodafone Ghana Music Awards (VGMAs) as the primary feminine and posthumous musician to win the last word Artiste of the Yr.
2. Vybrant Faya
Emmanuel Kojo Quayeson, alias Vybrant Faya was additionally a dancehall/hiplife artiste greatest recognized for his hit tune “Mampi”.
At simply 29 years of age, Vybrant Faya was fatally hit by a motor rider on the Tema Motorway on twenty third October, 2016. He died proper after being admitted to the 37 Army Hospital for pressing therapy.
3. Kwame Owusu Ansah
Kwame Owusu Ansah was an actor and a radio broadcaster who labored on an array of Ghanaian and Nigerian films.
He was 40 years-old when he died by a highway accident on the Tema Motorway. Whereas he’s greatest recognized for films like ‘A Stab within the Darkish’, ‘The Customer’ and ‘Okukuseku’, his dying was largely remembered for a scene prompted at his memorial service resulting from a lady claiming to be his unknown beginning mom.
4. Suzzy Williams
Suzzy Maleki Williams was a younger Ghanaian actress greatest recognized for her daring portrayal of naughty and horny characters on the display screen. She was greatest recognized for works just like the ‘Suncity’ TV sequence, ‘The Sisterhood’ and ‘My Mom’s Coronary heart’.
However her stardom was minimize brief when she was killed on the Teshie La-Nungua freeway highway by a automobile crash in 2005.
A basis known as ‘The Suzzy Williams Memorial Fund’ was arrange in her honour to help victims of highway site visitors accidents. She was solely 23 years outdated.
5. Terry Bonchaka
Terry Bonchaka born Terrence Nii Okang Mensah Adjetey was a Hiplife artiste standard among the many youth within the early 2000s.
At simply 21, Terry’s life was minimize brief in 2003 by a automobile accident after acting at a corridor week celebration on the College of Ghana.
His greatest recognized songs embrace ‘Pulele’ and ‘Zoozi’.
