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curious on-looker crossed the Uriah Butler Highway to get
a closer look at the split articulated PTSC bus, yesterday.
Photo: Adrian Boodan
FIVE passengers travelling on a PTSC articulated bus narrowly
escaped death when the bus ripped in two on the Uriah Butler
Highway in the Carlsen Field area, yesterday.
The bus was on the south-bound lane when the driver reportedly
got a ‘bad drive’ from another motorist.
The bus driver swerved to avoid hitting another vehicle
on the highway and lost control. The bus split in two.
Eyewitnesses said the front section of the bus was brought
to a stop by the driver while the rear section travelled
in a straight line before coming to a dead stop.
The PTSC acquired 25 of the new articulated buses with its
accordion type mid-section in 2005 at a cost of $20.5 million.
It can accommodate 65 seated and 85 standing passengers.
One woman was sitting in the rear section of the bus yesterday
when it became detached from the front.
She escaped shaken but unharmed.
Fire Service personnel were on the scene and quickly washed
off the diesel on the road.
Prime Minister Patrick Manning at a walkabout in Laventille,
earlier this year, had said it was his wish to drive an
articulated bus.
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