"I saw the bus forward and I thought he was going to stop. But he ended up hitting the van, "says H. Saheed to Sunday-The Weekly. This inhabitant of Mont Roches had trouble speaking, when we met at the Victoria Hospital. He suffers from pain in the abdomen and a fractured right arm.
The father argues that it drove slowly because of the sloping road. The school bus had hit the van on the left. This was reversed on the right side, injuring 12 students passing aged 5 to 12 years, the attendant, 48, and Saheed H. itself.
It maintains that he thought at first the life of his "children", " Mo pa ti kone ki mo lamain inn kase. Mo ine blie mo doulerr. Mo finn al tir zott. "The injured were taken to Victoria Hospital by the emergency. Saheed H. fainted when he received hospital treatment. He was then placed under observation.
To 15 hours, Saheed H. should be conducted in the operating room, where he underwent surgery. He had fractured right arm and several internal abdomen and rib injuries: "I am close to the children that I drive to school every weekday. They are like my children and I had to save at all costs! "The police have not yet recorded the testimony of the driver of the van.
The bus driver, Rakesh Ramessur, 38, was arrested by the police and presented in court Friday Rose Hill after spending the night in custody. Since then, the inhabitants of Mare-D'Albert on parole. Some parents of the injured students would like to acknowledge the bravery of H. Saheed. " Li finn fer enn travay remarkab. Nou dir li merci ki linn sov nou bann zanfan"said one of them.