Crime
Parents Demand Investigation into School Van Accident on Braggs Hill in St Joseph
Parents demand an urgent investigation into a serious accident involving students on a Transport Augmentation Programme van. Driver reportedly went off-route, leading to a dangerous crash.
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Originally published by nationnews.com (opens in new tab)
Parents of children attending Grantley Adams Memorial School in St Joseph are demanding an urgent investigation by the Transport Board and police into a serious accident which occurred late Friday while a group of students were on board a Transport Augmentation Programme (TAP) van.
They told the Daily Nation the driver went “off-route” and drove the vehicle up the treacherous Braggs Hill, also in St Joseph, where it suddenly careened down the hill before slamming into a wall next to a gully.
What has the parents even more incensed is that the driver subsequently drove off “without checking on the safety of the children or waiting for the police to arrive”.
A parent whose 17-year-old son was on board said that about ten children who were stranded at the school around 5:55 p.m., were instructed to get into the TAP van which was going to Bridgetown because the next available bus was leaving the terminal at 6 p.m. (MB)
