A Moruga resident lost his right arm while his three children are nursing injuries at hospital, after they were involved in a vehicular accident involving soldiers along the Moruga Road on Monday night.
Doctors had to amputate the badly crushed arm of Jamie Loubon, 28, of Basseterre Village, Moruga, during emergency surgery at the San Fernando General Hospital. PTE Denzil Toussaint, 23, of Manzanilla, also remained warded in a serious condition late yesterday due to multiple fractures and internal bleeding.
Police said Toussaint, 23, was a passenger in a T&T Regiment SUV driven by PTE Kendell Morris, 27, along with PTE Jonathan Mohammed, 23, PTE Kevin Cater, 23 and PTE Jerome Samaroo, 24.
The soldiers reported that while driving along the Moruga Road around 8.20 pm, a white vehicle veered into their path, causing Morris to swerve to the right to avoid a collision. However, they crashed into a blue Nissan Sunny B-14 driven by Loubon.
The soldiers’ SUV flipped several times before crashing into the wall of a resident’s home.
The soldiers and residents assisted Loubon and his girlfriend Cassie Funrose, 21, and their children Emanuel Funrose, four, Candy Loubon, two and Jamieson Loubon, 10 months. Moruga police and ambulance responded and the victims were taken to the Princes Town District Health Facility and later transferred to the SFGH.
Morris, Mohammed, Carter, Samaroo and Funrose were discharged while the children remained at hospital in stable condition. Cpl Rosan is continuing inquiries.