ARIANA Hughes, one of several children who were among adults injured in an accident on Sunday along the Soesdyke-Linden Highway, has succumbed to her injuries.

She died while receiving medical attention at the Georgetown Public Hospital (GPC) on Monday, while her mother and sister are still fighting for their lives. The news of the child’s death did come with its controversy, as before it was confirmed that she had died, hospital personnel miscommunicated to the relatives that it was her sister, Jada Enmore, who had succumbed. That saw Jada’s father posting her photo on social media informing that she died, only to be told later that it was a mix-up in the names.

On Sunday, the children were travelling in a car with their mother when she lost control of the vehicle and slammed into another car before careening into a minibus loaded with people. The two were heading in different directions, the bus west and the car east. The impact resulted in extensive damage to the vehicles involved and several persons who were pinned in the minibus had to be rescued.

When the passengers were rescued, they were taken to the Diamond Hospital where the badly injured were treated, stabilised and transferred to the Georgetown Public Hospital (GPH). At the hospital, persons who were in the minibus related that they saw the car moving out of control but the driver of the minibus had little options, although he attempted to evade and avoid a collision.

The minibus was transporting persons who had gone for an outing at a creek along the Soesdyke-Linden Highway.