ST. VINCENT-ACCIDENT-Five killed, others injured as van overturns

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Van involved in a fatal accident (CMC photo)

KINGSTOWN, St. Vincent– Medical officials had confirmed that five people were killed and several others injured when the vehicle they were traveling was overturned in Sandy Bay on Sunday afternoon.

Parliamentary representative for the area, Nigel “Nature” Stephenson, told the Searchlight newspaper that the Community of Clare Valley was in shock and mourning. He said those killed were all males under the age of 40.

“The community is in shock and mourning. Clare Valley is a tiny community, and most of the people there are related to each other,” Stephenson told the newspaper late on Sunday night. He encouraged his constituents to “be strong” and promised to do whatever he could to help them through this difficult time.

The authorities have identified those killed as Giovanni Barker, Ishmael Bruce, Elvis Harold, Collin Robin, and Kenroy Haywood/Phillips. At the same time, nine persons were transported to the Modern Medical and Diagnostic Centre (MMDC) at Georgetown.

Witnesses also said that several people were pinned inside and under the vehicle and that others had been taken to hospital for treatment in private cars. Some of these critical patients have since been transported to the Milton Cato Memorial Hospital in Kingstown,

The vehicle was said to be transporting persons to Owia, northeast of here, for the funeral of murder victim Rohan “Charla” Rawlins, 43, who was shot and killed in Lowmans Bay on the outskirts of the capital on August 15.

In January 2015, seven students died when the bus they were traveling carbon ened off the road in Rock Gutter, another area in north Windward, and ended up in the sea.

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