THE death toll for the Mother’s Day accident at Kuru Kururu on the Soesdyke-Linden Highway last Sunday has now risen to three, with some other injured persons still being hospitalized at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC).

The latest to have succumbed was Shenella Hughes, 31, the driver of motorcar PMM 548 which collided with a route 42 minibus BHH 8451. Hughes, who never regained consciousness following the accident, died at the Intensive Care Unit of the GPHC on Friday.

Meanwhile, her six-year-old daughter, Aryanna Hughes was the first to have succumbed. She died on Monday – less than 24hours after the deadly crash. And two days later, on Wednesday, Quinton Odle, a 42-year-old seaman of Blankenburg, West Coast Demerara breathed his last. Odle was said to be the owner of the car.

At the time of the accident, Hughes, who was driving the car, had with her, her nine-year-old daughter, Jaden Hughes; six-year-old daughter, Aryanna Hughes (now deceased); Sebastian Hughes, 10-months-old; and Tyrese Arthur, 4.

Reports say that the two motor vehicles were travelling in opposite directions when the motorcar, travelling at a fast rate, splashed into a pool of water, lost control and swerved into the path of the minibus, colliding with it.

Persons injured from the minibus include: Prem Persaud and his wife Rookmin Persaud, both of Kaneville, East Bank Demerara. They remain warded at the GPHC. However, other victims: Lakeram Persaud 21; Nina Persaud and Mahesh Hardat who suffered broken bones and abrasions, were treated, observed for a few days , then sent home on treatment.
On the fateful day, passengers of the minibus were going back home after a Mother’s Day outing when tragedy struck. It is not clear where the motorcar was heading.