Two people lost their lives when an ambulance plunged off the low-lying wooden bridge across the Sittee River in Kendall village. The ambulance was transporting a pregnant woman from the Punta Gorda hospital to the Southern Regional in Dangriga when the horrific accident happened. Residents of Kendall village managed to assist the pregnant woman from the submerged vehicle and she was rushed to the Dangriga Hospital. The driver of the ambulance and the attending nurse perished in the incident

Patrick E. Jones