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Victims of President’s Convoy Vehicle Accident Laid to Rest, Others Hospitalised
Tuesday, 13 September 2011 22:00
(Foroyaa) - The victims of the fatal accident caused by a vehicle in the President’s convoy
at Busumbala last Wednesday, were finally laid to rest and whilst five among those hit are still hospitalized at the Royal Victoria Teaching Hospital in Banjul..The bereave families are still mourning over the deaths of their loved ones.The family of Mr. Dawda Jatta of Busumbala village has lost two of its children, Mustapha Jatta and Sarata Sanyang, to the fatal accident. Another child, the namesake of Mr. Jatta, who came on holidays, was also hit by the vehicle and is currently admitted at the RVTH.
Mr. Jatta told this reporter that the two children were laid to rest on Thursday at the Busumbala graveyard. When asked whether the authorities came to the funeral, he said some soldiers from the Gambia National Army attended
On the situation of the child admitted in the hospital, Jatta said he is suffering from head injuries. He explained that since the day of the accident the child was lying in bed and could not eat or take anything other than the intravenous drips of water fixed by the nurses at the hospital. He said it was only on Saturday that the child has started drinking porridge.
“At the moment he cannot sit or talk. He is only staring at people,” Jatta said.
He said they were told to pay a fee of one thousand five hundred dalasi (D1500) to scan the child’s head at the hospital on Monday.
Asked whether they are paying medical bills, he answered in the negative. He said they have not yet paid for any medical bills but they are buying pampers and the other needs of the child.
Mr. Jatta also explained that there are other victims of the said accident that are also admitted at the hospital but they are not admitted in the same ward. He mentioned the situation of one old lady suffering from leg fractures and another child admitted at the hospital. He informed this reporter that some military personnel came to the hospital to check them and that their names and contact numbers were taken by the personnel.
“We need help because we did not have the money to pay for the medical bills,” he remarked.
He said the accident was a great lost to his family. He said Mustapha Jatta was twelve years of age, while Sarata Sanyang and Dawda Jatta Jr. are both seven years.
This reporter also caught up with another of accident victims called Binta Keita, also a resident of Busumbala village. She told this reporter that on the day of the accident, she and her baby were in the Toyota van that was hit by the convoy vehicle. She said the van fell with them to the ground. She is still suffering from the effects of the accident and cannot walk properly because of pain. She said the baby has only sustained bruises on the head.
“I am suffering from pain at my waist and chest,” complaint Binta.
According to Binta’s old mother, they rushed her to the Banjulinding clinic for a check up and were told by those they met there to buy a vaccine that costs D75 (seventy five dalasi) otherwise they would not touch her. The old woman said it was only after they had bought the said vaccine when the nurse started treating her daughter and the baby.
“She was crying the whole night and could not sleep because of the pain in her body,” said the old woman.
The old woman said they left for the Royal Victoria Teaching Hospital late at night. She complained that at the country’s referral main hospital they were asked to buy medicine at the Banjul Pharmacy for her daughter and her baby and which, she added, cost them money. The old woman claimed that they were not given proper attention at the hospital. She said at the moment they are not taking any treatment because the medicine they bought has got finished.
“I am not taking any medicine,” said Binta.
The Toyota van driver also told this reporter that the police have given him a written document indicating the damages cause to his vehicle. He said his names and contacts were taken but the vehicle is still at the New Yundum Police Station.
Meanwhile, the spokespersons for the Gambia Police Force and the Gambia National Army could not make any official statement since the incident occurred. They refused to give details saying that investigations are on going.
Picture source: DailyNews
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Comments
Better be careful there as this time a man from Demba-Duu Responded ! Or else He will Fix your Mouth.
Even the Toubaabu-Man knows this
In the service of SeneGamBissau I remain
I will follow your lead.
"The bereaved families are still mourning over the death of their loved ones"{This is correct grammer}
NOT THEIR deaths of THEIR loved ones.
{This is incorrect grammer}
Appologies to Mr Kebba....gentlemen Please!!!He is right.
By the way...why has Mr Cham not responded to my e/mail...suggesting Jollof News set up an appeal for the victims of the road tragedy?
Thanks.
paPierre: ‘THEIR’ was repeated twice in this article and it was Lalo Kebba who drew our attention to it, thanks.
Lalo Kebba, i think u need to read the phrase over again. It is exactly as u suggested. So where did u get THEIR! THEIR twice.
Comment:
Papierre, Please don't put the RAW Fish in my mouth before I will vomit on you there. Bcoz of my comment they changed it !
I think you are the one the children call: NDAA-REH (The last to read)!
I always did my Home-works well.
You know most of the people here always challenge each other without even going over the whole story, I never ever did that, I read the whole thing before putting my fingers on the keyboard.
Please Mr. Editor:
Better be the good judge between me and this one eye man in the kindom of Blind.
Just as you've done last time when you mistakenly wrote about the Gambia's population, then I rectified and someone jumped like this old Boy too saying that I don't read it clearly, please tell us who is wrong?
In the Serive of SeneGamBissau I remain
Lalo Kebba, i think u need to read the phrase over again. It is exactly as u suggested. So where did u get THEIR! THEIR twice.
It is only in Gambia that such things can go on for so long.
If you also shoot students in the back and call it self defence, i am not surprised when these responsible and their appologist (like VP Isatou Njie) remain immune to the preventable suffering all around them.
The reason why many students became crippled was because they were shot in the back, and even in warfare, you do not shoot a fleeing enemy on the back!!
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