Following the tragic Linden Highway accident which occurred on Mother’s Day, another passenger in the minibus succumbed to his injuries while receiving medical treatment at the Georgetown Public Hospital.
The passenger, Quinton Odle, 42, of 137 Blankenburg, West Coast Demerara, reportedly took his last breath at about 13:00h on Thursday. He was being treated for spinal injuries among others.
Prem Persaud’s injured legs
Odle is the second person to have succumbed to injuries from the horrific two-vehicle smash-up on Sunday last which has left at least 18 persons injured.
Hours after the accident, six-year-old Arianna Hughes of Lot 23-44 Rohan Housing Scheme, Diamond, East Bank Demerara (EBD) succumbed to her injuries. She sustained severe internal and head injuries as a result of the head-on collision.
Her mother, 31-year-old Shennelle Hughes; along with Jada Enmore, nine; Tyrese Arthur, four; Prem Persaud, 46; Lakeram Persaud, 21, and Rookmine Persaud all remain patients at the medical facility nursing head injuries and broken bones.
An accident victim, Prem Persaud, 46, of Caneville, Grove, EBD, who is currently nursing broken legs at the Georgetown Public Hospital told Guyana Times on Thursday that his family was on a creek outing when tragedy struck.
“We left early from the creek…whilst going now we see this car that was swaying all fashion coming and we just like stick up in the corner like and de car run in and lash we… we whole family went in de bus,” the man cried.
The father of four, who is lucky to be alive, said he is expected to undergo surgery on one of his legs. He said that his wife, Rookmin (only name given) is also hospitalised.
The victims were occupants of minibus BHH 8451 when it collided head-on with the motorcar in the vicinity of Kuru Kururu, Soesdyke/Linden Highway.
It was reported that the driver of the motor car, Shennelle Hughes, drove into a pool of water thus causing her to lose control of the vehicle. She swerved directly into the path of the oncoming minibus which was heading in the opposite direction.
Several persons from both vehicles sustained injuries and were rushed to the Diamond Diagnostic Centre where they were treated, but those persons with the more serious injuries were transferred to the GPHC. (Devina Ramdass)
