BASSETERRE, St. Kitts – A male resident of Brighton Estate was this morning (July 28) admitted to the Joseph N France General Hospital with multiple injuries after he was struck by a passenger bus a short distance from his home.
Hospitalised is Terrence Browne, who it is said was on his way to Basseterre when the accident occurred.
Speaking with SKNVibes, driver of passenger bus H5585 Sylvester Allen of Lodge Village said that while travelling from Basseterre to Molineux Village and after engaging a bend in the vicinity of Brighton Estate, Browne ran from a pathway leading to his residence and collided with his bus on the island main road.
“At about 8:45 this morning, I was driving my bus with one passenger heading towards Molineux from Basseterre. After coming around a bend in Brighton Estate, a man suddenly ran across. I applied my brakes and at the same time swerved to the right of the road, but the man kept running in the path of the vehicle and I could not have avoided hitting him,” Allen said.
Allen also informed that he later found out that Browne had signalled a passenger bus heading towards Basseterre to stop and was running “to catch the bus, and I suspect he didn’t look to his right before crossing the road”.
The vicinity in which the accident occurred is but a short distance from the bend, which can be classified as a ‘blind turn’ on the island main road.
This media house learnt that Browne had suffered multiple injuries to his right leg, both hands and other parts of his body, and blood was seen oozing from his mouth.
He was transported to the hospital by a unit of the Emergency Medical Services, but not before the Technicians rendered some degree of treatment [on the scene] to have him stabilised.
