Federation records 7th road fatality!
‘Smiley’ dies in car accident…
By Terresa McCall
Reporter-SKNVibes.com
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Shervin ‘Smiley’ Johnson
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BASSETERRE, St. Kitts – TRAGEDY struck the Johnson family last evening when news that Jamaican-born Shervin ‘Smiley’ Johnson who resided at Temple Alley, Basseterre lost his life in a traffic accident.
Information reaching SKNVibes states that while Johnson was travelling from west to east in motor car P8326 along the island’s main road in the vicinity of Camps Village, he lost control of the vehicle and collided with a concrete fence on the sea-side of the road.
SKNVibes understands that Terrence Bedford of Temple Alley was also an occupant of the vehicle.
When contacted, Head of the Traffic Department Inspector Venetta Wyatt confirmed that the accident did occur as stated.
A source close to SKNVibes informed that just moments before the accident, Johnson overtook another vehicle.
One individual, who was at the scene just minutes after the incident occurred, told SKNVibes that Bedford, who was apparently in shock, exited the vehicle and began running but did not get very far.
An Emergency Medical Services Unit, as this media house understands, was dispatched to the scene following a distress call placed by a woman who resided within close proximity of the area in which the accident occurred. It is understood that having heard the loud sound produced by the collision, she called 911.
A large crowd had converged at the area seeking to know what had taken place but, through this all, the efficient EMS Unit worked quickly, got the situation under control and transported the injured men to the Joseph N. France (JNF) General Hospital.
While Bedford is warded at the hospital in “stable condition”, Johnson succumbed to his injuries less than an hour after his arrival there.
Johnson’s death marks the seventh road fatality to have occurred in the Federation for the year; two in Nevis and five in St. Kitts.
The badly damaged vehicle was left mounted on the concrete fence with a number of components, including the front axle and engine block, torn from it and flung several yards away.
The police are continuing their investigations.
Accident Photos provided by Denville Francis
