Former Area Representative Calls for Better Quality Buses

As we reported, this morning, a bus traveling from Lord’s Bank to Belize City on the Philip Goldson Highway suffered a blowout and overturned, injuring up to thirty passengers. The former Belize Rural Central Area Representative, Beverly Williams, has stepped forward to offer her support to those affected and highlight the poor condition of many buses in the constituency. Here’s what she had to say.

 

Beverly Williams, Former Area Rep., Belize Rural Central

“I believe if you take a look at the tires on the bus. I understand there was some blowout on the rear tires. And when we passed by, you look at that bus. They’re not adequate. And if you have a blowout of that nature, the bus flipped. Some people were hurt. I offered some prayers immediately for them. And hopefully, those are some of the things that we can join hands with this community. And that we can enhance in terms of ensuring that we look at the safety and security of our people in this area. We need to ensure that proper licensing are done and monitoring that the buses provide a safe environment. That’s what I’m saying because when you look at the quality of the buses, it’s inadequate and therefore it bears heavy risk on the passengers and safety. This morning was just such a bad example. As two of my personal people were injured, civilian, injured. I saw the pictures. I don’t want to see, they were severely injured, but one person had the entire ear cut. And then so I see stitches straight across here to save the aear. So like I say, we have to ensure that we join hands in looking at the issues within this constituency and transportation, adequate and safe transportation for the people of this community here.”