The scene in West End, Grand Bahama, of the double traffic fatality early on Monday. Photo: Vandyke Hepburn/BIS
By DENISE MAYCOCK
Tribune Freeport Reporter
dmaycock@tribunemedia.net
TWO people are dead and three others are in hospital following a horrific traffic accident in West End, Grand Bahama, early on Monday morning.
The accident happened around 2am when a Ford Taurus with five people crashed into a utility pole on Bay Shore Road, just east of the Chicken Nest restaurant.
A female passenger, who was ejected from the vehicle, and a male were pronounced dead at the scene. The other three passengers were injured and transported by EMS personnel to the Rand Memorial Hospital, where they are listed in serious condition.
A crowd, including family and close friends of the victims, gathered at the hospital’s Accident and Emergency Unit after learning news of the crash. People are said to be devastated.
Graphic photographs of the crash scene were circulated on social media. Police have not released the names of the victims, but it is believed that they are Ryan Pinder and Kadeisha Perpall.
Full story in Tuesday's edition of The Tribune
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