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| Car crash shakes Ghanaian leader | Car crash shakes Ghanaian leader |
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| Ghanaian President John Kufuor has been involved in a car crash in the capital, Accra, but appears to have escaped unhurt, according to his office. | |
| Witnesses say they saw a vehicle crash into his car, causing it to roll over several times. When it came to a stop Mr Kufuor emerged holding his head. | Witnesses say they saw a vehicle crash into his car, causing it to roll over several times. When it came to a stop Mr Kufuor emerged holding his head. |
| A presidential spokesman said he seemed fine but was undergoing medical tests. | A presidential spokesman said he seemed fine but was undergoing medical tests. |
| The driver of the other car is being treated in hospital and police have reportedly begun an investigation. | The driver of the other car is being treated in hospital and police have reportedly begun an investigation. |
| Mr Kufuor appeared healthy and composed but was undergoing medical checks in the presidential palace to ensure he was not at risk, presidential press secretary Andy Awuni said. | |
| Witnesses told Reuters news agency that a red car coming from the opposite direction had struck the president's vehicle at a major intersection near Kotoka airport in Accra. | |
| "The car finally rested on the sidewalk and the people around helped his security men to pull him out," electrician James Kobinah said. | |
| "The president came out holding his head." | |
| Mr Kufuor was elected president in 2000, a poll which marked the first peaceful, democratic transfer of power in Ghana since independence. | |
| He had succeeded long-time ruler Jerry Rawlings. | |
| Known as the "Gentle Giant" of Ghanaian politics, he won a second term in 2004, in an election praised for being well run and orderly. |