A bus driver is on the run after his reckless driving was said to have caused a car bearing registration number PPT 8284 to veer off the La Grange Public Road into a nearby drain.
A four-year-old boy was among the five occupants of the car.
The accident took place minutes to two yesterday afternoon. According to the driver and eyewitnesses, a red Route #31 pit-bull bus came speeding around a serpentine turn from the southern direction into the lane of the car proceeding northwards, forcing the driver of the car off the road into a drain. The bus driver instead of stopping to render assistance fled the scene.
At the time this newspaper visited the scene, a resident living near the accident site was bathing the child who did not appear to be injured but seems to have been in a state of shock. They were in the process of taking the boy to the West Demerara Regional Hospital to have him undergo a check. None of the occupants was said to have been seriously injured. One occupant of the car who did not give his name pointed to his ankle which he said was sprained as a result of accident.
Police office, Bascom who was present at the scene said that the police were in the process of searching for the bus driver. Bascom said that the police know the identity of the driver of the bus. At the time of the accident, the police at the check point at the Demerara Harbour Bridge were contacted to also be on the lookout for the driver.
According to the driver of the car, Trevor (only name given), he and the other occupants were on their way to get haircuts at a barbershop in Bagotville (village after La Grange) but after they found all the barbershops closed, they were on their way back home when the accident occurred. “I coming from the barbershop and all I see is this red bus appear round this turn with a full speed. If me didn’t swerve out, he would ah crash into we”, Trevor said.
Persons within the area said that the bus driver is known for driving dangerously on the roadways while another added that he always tries to avoid travelling with the driver.
The occupants of the car were kept for observation for several hours at the WDRH before being sent away. Meanwhile, according to police at La Grange Police Station, the bus driver is still on the run. Police are continuing their investigations.
