Three Dutch people died in a major car accident in Ghana on Friday. The Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs says that this is a woman of 35 from Rotterdam, a woman of 33 from Amsterdam and a 26-year-old man whose place of residence is unknown.
The victim from Rotterdam is Jaysira Ravenberg, say family and friends on social media. She was a make-up artist and also carved on the road as a hip-hop artist. Shes leaving a son behind.
“ I lost my partner in life,” someone writes on Instagram:
Some well-known Dutch people, including former footballer Royston Drenthe and actress Imanuelle Grives, also respond to the death of Ravenberg.
The Grives Instagram post:
The accident happened Friday afternoon on the road between the capital Accra and Cape Coast. The off-road vehicle in which the Dutch were sitting collided frontally with a truck, reports Ghanaian media.
The circumstances under which the fatal accident occurred are not clear. The three were dead instantly.