Last night, 7News told you about the accident on the Western Highway just outside of Belmopan, where a James Bus, which was heading toward Belize, slammed into the back of a fruit truck. We told you that there was no one injured, but indeed someone from inside the bus who did get hurt.
32 year-old Belize City Elton Quilter was in the last seat on the driver’s side, and he got up to take out his money to pay the conductor when the accident happened. Quilter told police that he heard the bones in his spine area snap twice, and he starting feeling intense pain. He had to be removed from the scene by an ambulance who took him to the Western Regional Hospital. Quilter had an x-Ray, and he has an appointment to see a neurologist and an orthopaedic surgeon to see how serious the damage is. He says he is in a bind because neither party wants to take responsibility for the accident and he has mounting medical bills.
As we told you, the bus rear-ended the fruit truck which was turning off the highway, and heading into a feeder road.
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