Students Among 17 Injured In Vieux Fort Accidents

Several students were among seventeen people who sustained injuries as a result of two separate vehicle accidents in Vieux Fort on Thursday. The Vieux Fort fire station received emergency calls within minutes of each other regarding the incidents. At about 7:01 am, emergency responders learned that a truck had run into the back of a minibus at Aupicon. The responding crew transported five people to the Hospital. Later, at about 7:26 am, the fire service emergency responders rushed to Grace, where a minibus transporting 11 students to the Anse Ger Secondary School ran off the road and plunged down an incline after apparent brake failure. The fire service transported twelve individuals, including the driver, to St. Jude Hospital. The victims had sustained various injuries. It was the second accident within the last twenty-four hours involving multiple casualties. On Wednesday, emergency personnel rushed eighteen individuals in stable condition to the Hospital after a collision involving three vehicles at Goodlands, Castries Two minibuses plying the Dennery and Jacmel routes and a government-registered cargo van were involved in the accident, blamed on brake failure on one of the buses. The victims’ injuries did not appear to be life-threatening. The article Students Among 17...