ONE person is dead and several have been injured on Monday evening after a Route 31 minibus slid on mud on the Nismes Public Road, West Bank Demerara (WBD), and toppled several times before coming to rest in front of a Gafoors establishment in the area.Roger Waldron, called Jerry, 30, of Goed Intent, WBD, had no chance of survival as he was trapped in the vehicle when it toppled, and was consequently pinned.

Waldron, a mini-bus tout, had reportedly hitched a ride on mini-bus BTT 9167 driven by Rhon Amsterdam, who reportedly requested that Waldron do duties as the bus conductor while on the way home. Some 30 passengers were reportedly in the bus at the time of the accident.

According to reports, the bus had, at about 19:30hrs, dropped off a passenger at Nismes when the driver drove off and failed to see a pile of mud on the roadway.

A passenger who was in the bus told the Guyana Chronicle that the driver tried to stop, but the slippery mud caused the bus to topple several times before it came to a halt in front of the Gafoors establishment on the Nismes roadway.

The witness further related that, because the bus was overloaded, the conductor was sitting in front of her; and during the accident, she felt him squeeze her hand.

“The bus landed on Jerry side and we saw him lying stretched out on the roadway, vomiting blood,” the woman said.

Waldron reportedly died before being taken to the hospital.

The bus driver is a patient at the West Demerara Regional Hospital.