12 killed in No. 19 crash

Chinma Subryan breaks down at the news of the death of her daughter, Patricia Asgarally, and is being consoled by relatives.

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.

Salmaa Razac

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.