(Guyana Graphic October 8 th 1968)
Thirty three people were injured- eight of them seriously- when a bus taking 53 excursionists from Atkinson Airport to the Courentyne struck a pig and turned turtle on the roadside at Now-or-Never Mahaicony East Coast Demerara Sunday afternoon.
Eight of the seriously injured were admitted to the New Amsterdam Hospital but two others who were admitted to the Georgetown Hospital have since been discharged.
Reports are that the big bus driven by Leon Lashley of Tarlogie Corentyne was taking 53 people to the Corentyne after an excursion run to Atkinson.
As the bus was approaching the Now-or-Never village 29 miles from Georgetown, the driver was said to have seen a pig crossing the road.
He swerved hard to avoid a collision and the bus raced off the road and turned turtle in a nearby pasture.
Up to yesterday Police were still investigating the accident.
