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Two hospitalized after minibus, truck collision
Lorianne Gilgeous and Kevon Bobb being transferred to the city
Several persons had to be rushed to the Linden Hospital Complex yesterday morning after the minibus in which they were travelling collided with a lumber truck in the vicinity of Loo Creek .
According to reports, the minibus BMM 9046 slammed into the side of the truck GMM 6471, which had turned off the Soesdyke/Linden Highway, near Beckles Sawmill.
Those injured and treated at the hospital were Dexter Wagner, 35, of Coomacka mines; Christine Sampson, 32, of Redwood Crescent; Leroy King, 29, of Block 22; Kevon Bobb, 28, of Amelia’s Ward; Lorianne Gilgeous, 17, of Water Lily Road; Pamela Gaine, 57, of Blue Mountain; Marvix Willabus, 33, of Amelia’s Ward; and Ulric Gibbons, 29, of Blue Berry Hill, Ruel Ettiene, 29, of Coomacka, Dellon Samuels, who is also 29, of the same address and Aubrey Samuels, 59, also of Coomacka.
All of the injured were treated and sent home, with the exception of Lorianne Gilgeous and Kevon Bobb, who were transferred to the Georgetown Public Hospital.
Gilgeous suffered a fractured femur and Bobb, a fractured hip, informed sources claimed.
Both the driver of the minibus, Denard McNabb, and the truck driver, Vinny Hamilton, were detained by the police and are assisting with investigations
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