Two Ladyville buses collided head on at the southern foot of the Haulover Bridge this morning. It happened at around 7:30 am - the height of the rush hour - causing a major traffic jam stretching for miles.
Sometime after 8:00 this morning a Haylock Bus rammed into the back of a Ramos Bus. The always forthcoming Bert Ramos, the owner of Ramos Bus Company, told us what happened.
Bert Ramos, Owner - Ramos Bus Company
"Actually what happened I was coming from Belize City and I had 4 passengers in my bus going up and while on the approach of the bridge one of those big trucks that have a long trailer was coming from the opposite side of the bridge, but it give the space. So I already see that it wasn't giving the space. So I just stop to let it pass because I didn't want it to break my mirror because my bus is new. I just got this bus about a month and change ago. I decide to stop to give the truck way to pass and couple seconds I feel bang in back of my bus. That is all what went on."
Reporter
"As a result of the hit, did any of the 4 passengers that you mentioned got injured?"
Bert Ramos, Owner - Ramos Bus Company
"Only a young man who was sitting down at the front. He got a small scratch on his nose, but the other ones that got hurt was from the other bus - about 4 passengers who got hurt from the Haylock Bus."
Fortunately no one was seriously injured but the accident but a damper on the day's business earnings according to Ramos.
Bert Ramos, Owner - Ramos Bus Company
"Well it affects me big time because as like as I say I just bought this bus recently to stay on top of the business. You have to get new busses as time goes along. So I know it will affect the business. For right now, we are only doing one run. Hence the reason because there are lots of people who lives all the way at the back of Ladyville and the people sometimes when it rains, they really suffer. So that's why we put this bus back there. It will affect the people who lives back there."
At least 5 persons received minor injuries.
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