Ghanaian highlife and afrobeat artist Kuami Eugene shared details of his recent life-threatening car accident, which took place on Sunday, March 17, 2024, at CP, near the DSTV office in Accra.
In an exclusive interview with Adinkra Multimedia NY, Kuami Eugene explained that upon arriving in Ghana, he encountered an underground artist who wanted to record a song.
He invited the artist to his Rockstar Made It studio in Achimota, despite living in East Legon Hills. Eugene mentioned that although he has a studio at home, he prefers using the Achimota studio when collaborating with other artists.
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After finishing the recording session, Eugene noted that everyone else at the studio had left, except for one gentleman.
Unfortunately, the gentleman’s usual route home was not in use by anyone else, leaving him unsure how to get home.
Describing the incident, the Canopy hitmaker recounted his decision to drop the gentleman off at Lapaz, which would be a convenient stop and save him transportation costs.
Eugene mentioned that because of this detour, he ended up using a route different from his usual one that day.
“Fast-forward, I dropped him off and was making a U-turn to join the main road. That was when I realized that the street cameras along the Achimota stretch emit a very bright light designed to capture vehicles using that route.”
Below is the video snippet of Kuami Eugene recounting his near-fatal car accident.
Kuami Eugene said that he realised from the accident that the speed lane and slow lane do not operate in Ghana, unlike abroad. Leaving the studio at around 11pm to midnight, it was late and dark, and there was barely anyone on the road. He added that he was speeding because he was on a highway.
“I was driving when the strong lights from the cameras flashed on me. So when I passed the overhead, unfortunatley for me, there was an articulated truck in front of me. I hit it first, and luckily I used my Range Rover that day. When I crashed, the other cars behind me passed around and left but there was one driver who stopped and was angry at the articulated truck driver.”
According to the singer, he advised the other driver to refrain from being angry at the articulated truck driver because he had a broken arm and pleaded with him to rush him to the University of Ghana Medical Centre since it was close by.
He noted that he was in the hospital for about a month or two and that was when he recorded his hit song, Canopy, a song which told the story of the ghastly car accident.
Below is the full interview of Kuami Eugene on Adinkra Multimedia NY.
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