By Shabna Ullah and Adrian Smith
A horrific head-on collision between a minibus and a truck along the Suzannah, No. 19 Village Public Road, Corentyne left 12 persons dead, including a two-month-old, and five others hospitalised yesterday afternoon.
Up to press time last night, the casualties were identified as the bus driver Odit Narine Babulall, 33, of No.48 Village; two month-old Josiah Khan; the child’s mother Talita Mendonza, 21, of Kildonan; Cindy Jaggernauth, 37 of Nigg, Corentyne; Marques Ault, 13, of Rose Hall; Salmaa Razac, 23, of Main Street, Cumberland; Patricia Asgarally, 28, of Albion; Orlando De Mattos, 35, of Manchester; Salina Juman, 46, of Burn Bush Dam, Canje; and Janet Baker, 42, of No. 19 Village, Corentyne. Two other persons were still to be identified.