Skeldon firefighters injured in accident en route to mandir fire

The crashed firetender being towed from the scene

Three firefighters from the Skeldon Fire Station are nursing serious injuries at the New Amsterdam Hospital (NAH) after their fire tender collided with a car and toppled into a culvert at No 52 Village, Corentyne.

Driver of the truck, Hugh Gray, 37 of No 50 Village and his colleagues, Jimmy Noble, 30, of Line Path, Skeldon and Junior Carpen, 27, of Canje were rushed to the Skeldon Hospital where they were treated.

They were subsequently transferred to the NAH in an ambulance. The driver of the car, a Raum, has been taken into custody at the