A FEMALE minibus passenger is reported to have suffered a broken leg when that vehicle collided with a car early yesterday morning at Charlotte and King Streets, Georgetown. The collision also left a number of other persons suffering minor injuries.According to reports, a Route 40 (Kitty/Campbellville) minibus which was travelling north along King Street collided with a car, PPP 3170, that was heading west along Charlotte Street sometime after 07:00hrs.

Guyana Chronicle was informed by witnesses that the driver of the minibus had been stopped earlier by a policewoman and ordered to go to the Brickdam Police Station because the bus had a passenger overload.

The policewoman then rode off on the way to the station, expecting the driver to follow her. However, he sought an opportunity to escape as he sped off but moments later his plan was foiled when he got into the accident, another law enforcement officer related.

At the scene of the accident persons in the large crowd could be heard expressing condemnation of the way minibus and taxi drivers use the roadways and called for the exercise of greater caution.
The bus driver and the conductor were taken into police custody.
Written By Rebecca Ganesh-Ally