11 injured after truck smashes bus

The mangled bus after the accident.

Eleven persons were rushed to the Georgetown Public Hospital (GPH) yesterday after the bus in which they were travelling was smashed by a container truck on the Coldingen Public Road, on the East Coast of Demerara.

Currently hospitalised are the driver of the bus, Navin Mazir, 27, of Enmore; the conductor, Shaveek Kadir, 27, also of Enmore; Shafeeza Ali, 63, also of Enmore; Sherry Badrinauth, 21; Kumarie Jainarine; Gaitree Basdeo, 42; her niece, Ashapreya Balsarran, 2; and Jean Harditwar, 33; also of Enmore.

Mazir, who was reportedly pinned after the accident,