An eight-year-old with a fractured skull is among four persons who are now hospitalised after the collision along the Number 19 Public Road on Thursday night.
Shariza Khairoodin, who reportedly sustained the severest injuries, was rushed to the Georgetown Public Hospital late on Thursday. Her sisters Nesha, 13, and Fazeela, 10, and another relative, Ryan Garib, also 10, have been admitted at the New Amsterdam Public Hospital with broken ankles and other injuries. They are said to be stable.
Police yesterday said that the drivers of a bus, in which the children were travelling, and the truck that was towing a trailer that the bus crashed into, were both in custody. The driver of the bus, it was noted, failed a breathalyser test.
