Minibus plunges overboard at Meadow Bank turn

Minibus plunges overboard at Meadow Bank turn
SOME 18 passengers, including two toddlers, escaped serious injury when a Route 42 minibus plunged into the trench on the western side of the East Bank Demerara carriageway as the driver failed to negotiate the Meadow Bank turn. The driver of minibus BNN 7790 has been identified only as Collis. One of the passengers said the minibus, which was heading to Georgetown, was speeding along the East Bank Public Road and started to wobble in the vicinity of Providence. Sensing that something was amiss, the man said he shouted to the driver to slow down as the bus approached Banks Breweries turn at Meadow Bank, but the vehicle failed to make the turn and ended up in the trench.