A minibus owned by the Region Two Administration slammed into a canter parked on the Cotton Field public road at around 3:00 hrs on Wednesday, while returning with a nurse to the Oscar Joseph District Hospital at Charity, Essequibo Coast. The bus was reportedly travelling in a northerly direction to Charity when it slammed into the parked truck before hitting a power post on the road shoulder.

The loud impact of the accident caused scores of residents to rush out of their beds on to the public road.

Some quickly tried to free the driver and nurse trapped in the mangled bus. Reportedly, a crow bar had to be used to break into the bus to free them.

The badly injured nurse and driver were rushed to the Suddie Hospital, where they were admitted. Both patients are said to be suffering from broken legs, arms and other injuries about their heads and bodies.

The nurse was later transferred to the Georgetown Public Hospital, where her condition is said to be critical.

Only recently, a boat owned by the Regional Administration was involved in an accident in the Pomeroon river, while returning to Charity with some twelve persons.

Police are investigating these accidents.
(Rajendra Prabhulall)