BY A STAFF REPORTER: Massive blast in Ghana, Dead 17 people. Ghanaian president said that, A truck carrying explosives collided with a motorcycle in western Ghana Thursday, causing an immense explosion and a huge loss of lives. Sources said that, more than 17 people dead and 59 person reported injured during the blast. The accident happened around noon in Apiate, near the city of Bogoso some 300 kilometres (180 miles) west of the mineral-rich West African country's capital Accra.