One of the two students of the University of Ghana, Legon, who died in an accident at Okponglo was buried at the Osu Cemetery yesterday after an emotional church service at Lapaz, Accra.
Tears, grief and a sombre atmosphere filled the auditorium of the Light of Life Gospel Mission Church at Lapaz in Accra, when friends and family members of Debbie Akosua Denkyira Benaye, a first year student who died in an accident on January 18, this year, gathered to bid her farewell.
Debbie, 18, was one of the victims who died in the accident at the Okponglo traffic light in Accra in the early hours of January, 18 2013.
Family members, fellow students from school and friends struggled to hold back their tears.
Nothing was as painful as to watch her mother seeing her daughter being put into a coffin and later lowered down to the grave. Debbie’s mother, Mrs Dinah Wule, could not help but to wail throughout the service.
The funeral was attended by the Vice Chancellor of the University of Ghana, Professor Ernest Aryeetey, the Member of Parliament (MP) for Central Tongu, Mr Joe Gidisu, and Mr Patrick Boamah, the MP for Okaikoi Central.
The various tributes from family and friends described the deceased as friendly and caring.
“She made an impact on everyone she met,” said friends from her alma mater, the Holy Child Senior High School in Cape Coast.
Students from Elizabeth Frances Hall of the University of Ghana said their departed mate would always remain in their hearts.
Debbie’s stepfather, Mr George Laing, said she was full of great potential and promise. “Debbie will be sorely missed by everyone in our family,” said Mr Laing.
Described by friends as enterprising, Ms Benaye was a promising student who wished to be a lawyer, after completing her degree in arts. She was four months into the four-year course when death’s icy hands snatched her away with her friend, Lordina Fobi.
Ms Benaye and her friend Lordina were killed when the taxi in which they were travelling collided with a waste disposal truck at the traffic intersection.
The students were returning to the university campus at the time of the accident.
The truck driver Kwaku Ababio, 47, is currently on GH¢15,000 bail.
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