Three Road Accidents in Four Hours: Two Dead and Three Wounded

12 years, 4 months ago - 31 July 2012, lexpress.mu
Three Road Accidents in Four Hours: Two Dead and Three Wounded
The road has two new victims in the afternoon of Monday, July 30 respectively in Black River and Beau Bassin. Another accident involving a bus of the National Transport Corporation (NTC) a little later, left three injured.

Two dead and three wounded. This is the result of three accidents that occurred in four hours Monday, July 30. At 4:45 p.m., Louis Gilbert Gino Rome, a man aged 46, was found with injuries next to his motorcycle at Little Black River, in Black River.This inhabitant of Case-Noyale was taken to hospital-Yves Cantin where doctors determined that the motorcyclist had already passed away.

An autopsy by the Chief Forensic police, Sudesh Kumar Dr. Gungadin, concluded that the victim died of a fractured skull.Police said Louis Gilbert Gino Rome hit the back of a truck before being hit by a bus.

The vehicle, a resident of Chemin Grenier, told police in Black River he saw the motorcycle hit the truck before ending up on the asphalt. That could not slow the bus, the victim died crushed under the wheels of the vehicle.

Drivers of buses and trucks were released on parole after being questioned by police. The second incident occurred at 7:30 p.m., at the street Vandermeersch, in Beau-Bassin. France Hergie Simon, a young man of 19, was violently struck by a car while he was on his bicycle.

Led to the police station of Beau-Bassin, the driver, a baker of 23 years, said he was traveling in the direction of Beau-Bassin when the cyclist appeared before him. He was released on parole.

At 7:20 p.m., in Curepipe, a bus parked at the bus stop near a building Mauritius Telecom was violently hit by a car traveling in the opposite direction. The three occupants, aged between 18 and 25, were seriously injured and one of them was admitted to the ICU of the hospital Dr. AG Jeetoo, Port-Louis.