Bosai promises to compensate relatives of accident victims

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Bosai has given a commitment to pay the funeral expenses and offered financial assistance to the families of the three

Junior Finance Minister Juan Edghill speaks with Marlon Pollydore
Junior Finance Minister Juan Edghill speaks with Marlon Pollydore
Junior Finance Minister Juan Edghill with the family of Michael Williams
Junior Finance Minister Juan Edghill with the family of Michael Williams

workers who perish in an accident on last week at the bauxite company’s East Montgomery Mine site, Region 10.

According to a release, the company’s officials also promised to expedite further medical treatment to the survivors of the tragedy Marlon Pollydore and Fabian Anthony, if needed and this was relayed to the victims.

The government has extended sympathy to the bereaved families of the three Bosai workers who were killed in the horrific accident.

On Friday, junior Finance Minister Juan Edghill visited the grief stricken families and expressed condolences on behalf of the government.

The three men, vehicle driver Michael Williams, 43; mechanic Trenton Garner, 62; and Kester Grant, 20, were crushed after the pickup truck they were travelling in, skidded under a heavy-duty truck, which drove over the vehicle as they traversed the company’s internal road at the mine site.

Pollydore and Anthony survived the accident and are hospitalised in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of the Linden Hospital Complex.

The minister first reached out to the relatives of the late Williams of Coomacka mines, including his widow and five children, and offered words of comfort.

“We are still trying to grapple with all that is happening so we hope you would find the strength to cope and manage this. I’m sure we’ll be able to look at lessons learned, nobody is ever prepared to accept death especially when it comes by way of accident,” he told the mother of the late Kester Grant at their lot Block 22, Wismar Housing Scheme residence.

Minister Edghill also visited the accident scene for a firsthand look at the remains of the crushed pickup truck and expressed his shock over what happened.

He also met with Bosai’s top managers who pledged to do all that is possible to ensure the wellbeing of the two survivors, stressing that they were in constant contact with the medical staff treating them.

The Natural Resources and Environment Ministry has launched an investigation into the deadly accident.

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