A 45-year-old motor rider, Quarshie Agbagba, has sustained gunshot wounds in his leg during a robbery operation.
The incident reportedly occurred on Monday night.
This was at a time Mr Agbagba was travelling to Blekente, a suburb of Yeji in the Pru East District at the Bono East Region.
The victim narrated to Adom News he bumped into the robbers who had mounted a roadblock to begin their operation on the stretch.
However, all attempts to pull over after the robbers stopped him were not successful due to a brake failure.
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His act, which played out in the eyes of the robbers as a deliberate way to escape, caused them to fire a shot at him.
He was rushed to Mathias Hospital at Yeji for treatment.