Nine persons were rushed to the Georgetown Public Hospital this afternoon after the horse cart they were travelling on collided with a minibus at the corner of Vlissengen Road and Carifesta Avenue.
The injured persons arrived at the hospital shortly after 12:00 hours with horse cart owner, 39-year-old Dharmendra Ramdeo, crying out in pain. A large gash was visible on the man’s left leg.
Others who suffered trauma and minor injuries were 15-year-old Davendra Ramdeo; 45-year-old Radika Alli of 381 ‘B’ Field, Turkeyen, Sophia; 19-year-old Melissa Nowrang; 6-year-old Savannah Tracey; 9-year-old Jackey Crème; 16-year-old Akeel Thomas; 42-year-old Hida Crème and minibus passenger 31-year-old Kamlawattie Singh, of Lot 19 Agriculture Road, Triumph Village.
This newspaper was told by Davendra Ramdeo that the group was on their way to the seawall to swim when the accident occurred. He said that the minibus driver jumped the stoplight before crashing into the cart.
“When he knock we, everybody pitch off on de road,” the boy said. He noted that approximately 20 persons were travelling on the horse cart but the others were not badly injured.
Ramdeo said a public-spirited citizen offered to take them all to the hospital in the tray of his pick-up truck while the bus driver stood outside his vehicle looking on. Only the front of the minibus was damaged, Ramdeo indicated.
