Awful tradegy in Jamaica : 11 injured in Christian Pen, Portmore, St Catherine crash

 BY KIMMO MATTHEWS Observer staff reporter matthewsk@jamaicaobserver.com  Friday, February 27, 2015    
ELEVEN people were yesterday rushed to hospital following an early morning motor vehicle collision in Christian Pen, Portmore, St Catherine.
Awful tradegy
Police report that about 5:45 am a Hiace bus with several passengers was travelling along the Christian Pen main road, heading towards Spanish Town, when it collided with a Jamaica Urban Transit Company bus travelling in the opposite direction.
People alleging to be eyewitnesses said the driver of the Hiace swerved to avoid a pothole in the road.
The impact of the crash caused the Hiace bus to overturn, pinning the driver and several other passengers inside for several hours.
It took the combined effort of residents, firefighters, and police to remove the injured from the mangled wreck.
Leroy Tomlinson, whose mother was trapped in the bus, was one of the residents who responded to the desperate cries for help.
A woman points to a section of the overturned
Hiace bus after the crash yesterday morning.
 (PHOTOS: GARFIELD ROBINSON)
"I was in my house preparing to go on the road and I heard the loud collision; when I ran out to look I saw the people trapped in the bus. I did not hesitate, I just started to do what I could to help," said Tomlinson.
It was while he was trying to save lives that Tomlinson learnt that his mother was among the trapped victims.
"When mi go over there and look and see the people them I could hardly stand, but what made it worse was when I saw my mother among the injured," Tomlinson said. more

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