Follow Montebello Accident: Company Constance La Gaieté in the Dock

An accident occurred on 8 September 2009, in Montebello, Les Pailles, involving NTC bus and sugar truck Constance La Gaieté.

Bill of the accident Montebello four dead and 42 wounded. September 8, 2009 is a day that many Mauritians will not forget. It was 6 h 45 when this terrible accident occurred on the highway in Montebello, Pailles between a bus of the National Transport Corporation (NTC) and sugar truck owned Constance La Gaieté. The four victims of this accident are Louis Jonathan Fidèle (21 years), Canden Mohun (28 21 years), Jagmohun Beeharry (51 21 years) and Juskaramsing Beeharry Ramtohul (62 21 years).

Four years after the accident, the company Constance La Gaieté is found in the dock. Two charges are brought against the sugar company.

On the first count, it responds to a charge of involuntary manslaughter by negligence. It continued in violation of Article 239 (1) of the Criminal Code "coupled with section 44 (2) (a)" of the Interpretation and General Clauses Act.

According to the indictment, he is accused of "unlawfully and by negligence" caused the death of four people: Jonathan Fidèle, Canden Mohun, Jagmohun Beeharry et Juskaramsing Beeharry Ramtohul.

Under the second charge, the company Constance La Gaieté is accused of "involuntary wounds and blows by negligence." It continued in violation of Article 239 (2) of the Criminal Code "coupled with section 44 (2) (a)" of the Interpretation and General Clauses Act. According to the indictment, he is accused of "unlawfully and by negligence" caused wounding 42 people, including the victims, a 12 year old. Nineteen witnesses are called in this trial.

The accident occurred on September 8, 2008 in Montebello. Truck sugar Constance La Gaieté hung the bus of the NTC on the right flank. The bus was dragged for some distance before reversing. The shock was so violent that the car spun all four wheels in the air. It appears that the truck's brakes have released. The driver has tried to stop his truck, but the unavoidable happened. He hit the NTC bus carrying passengers from Henrietta to Port Louis. There were forty passengers. The majority of them went to work in the capital.

The accident had caused a huge traffic jam on the highway and the old road to Port Louis. Motorists rescued the wounded and helped the emergency services that arrived on the scene immediately. Firefighters were called to clean the floor covered with sugar.