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Nov 23, 2014 News
Six minibus passengers, including a female student of St. Stanislaus College, were rushed to the
Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) Friday night. The minibus in which they were traveling, toppled following a collision with a sports utility vehicle at the junction of Garnett and Middleton Streets, Georgetown.
According to the minibus driver, 31-year-old Michael Edghill, the accident occurred around 10:30 hours, while he was travelling west on Garnett Street approaching Middleton Street, with 10 passengers in his bus.
Edghill, who insisted he had the “right of way”, claimed that the female driver of a Toyota Rav 4 (PPP 396), did not decelerate at the junction of the streets as she was required to do by law.
The route 48 bus driver alleged that the woman was speeding, when she slammed into the “back wheel” of his minibus, as he was crossing over Middleton Street.
Edghill said that the impact caused his bus to topple and sent his passengers “flying through the windows”.
Ranks from the Kitty Police Station responded immediately to the scene and took the injured victims to the GPHC in a police vehicle.
All the passengers sustained minor injuries except 14-year-old Emaane Forester, who lost four of her teeth and sustained several abrasions about her body.
The student, of 21 Supply Village, East Bank Demerara (EBD), was traveling with her mother, Gail Forrester, when the collision occurred.
Her mother is demanding compensation from the driver of the Toyota RAV 4 who is currently in police
custody assisting with investigations.
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