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Bus driver rescued after slamming into power pole
A route 42 minibus driver miraculously escaped death yesterday afternoon despite
Orwin Segon trapped in the mini bus.
being pinned in his seat for more than 30 minutes.
This was after he swerved from a Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Company (GT&T) vehicle and slammed into a utility pole at the intersection of High and Princes Streets, Georgetown a little after 14:00hrs.
The driver, Orwin Segon, was rushed to the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GHPC) immediately after firefighters managed to remove him from the mangled minibus, BPP 5622.
His right leg was badly damaged and he sustained abrasions to his forehead.
Six of his passengers, some of whom were identified as Keisha Jones; her mother, Susan De Florimonte and Christine Kissoon; were also rushed to the medical institution.
There were all in a stable condition up to press time.
Eyewitnesses explained that the GT&T vehicle, GGG 6089, was turning right from High Street into Princes Street, when the driver of the minibus tried to undertake.
“I was heading south on High Street and I put on my indicator to turn right onto Princes Street and the bus driver undertake and crash into me and then slammed into the utility pole,” the driver of the GT&T vehicle, Wayne St. Jones, explained.
Andre Isaac, a passenger in the bus said, “The GT&T vehicle was at the front and he indicate to turn
EMT workers attending to Keisha Jones and her mother, Susan De Florimonte.
right but like the bus driver thought that he could have passed him (GT&T driver) before he made the turn. He ended up hitting the guy and the utility pole.”
Susan De Florimonte’s husband who is also a bus driver was heard saying that Segon is a “wild driver.” He even said that he was to take his wife out of Segon’s mini bus but they had already left.
Meanwhile, the response from the two GPHC’s Emergency Medical Technicians, including Ron Morris, was praised by curious onlookers who had gathered at the scene.
One woman was heard saying, “Wow, Guyana gone up. It is the first time I am seeing these people coming on a scene and helping out the victims rather than dumping them on the ambulance and take them to the hospital.”
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