Bus tips over, 2 dead
Man relives moments after mishap
FIJI Day will never be the same for two families who lost their children in a bus accident tragedy in Nausori yesterday afternoon.
Last night police confirmed that another two students were in critical condition while 17 others received medical treatment as a result of the crash. The 46-year-old bus driver, who is admitted in hospital, is also in a critical condition. The horrific incident happened when the bus overturned while climbing a hill and ploughed into a home at Lakena No.2.
TWO children died and another two are critically injured after the bus they were travelling in toppled over and crashed into a house at Lakena 02, Nausori, yesterday.
Eneriko Tuimatau, the man who helped carry them from the scene of the accident and accompanied them to the Nausori Health Centre, also had his children on the bus.
“I was still at home when my two children came running and crying saying, ‘dad we need to help them the bus has overturned’,” he said.
“My children kept saying ‘you need to hurry up, we need to help them’.”
Mr Tuimatau said he rushed to the scene and when he saw the state of the bus, he knew that children were in danger.
“We tried to get as many of the children out as possible but there were two of them still stuck inside the bus.”
Mr Tuimatau said a man who owned a tow truck helped remove the part of the bus where the students were trapped.
“I helped carry the two children into the ambulance and went with them to the health centre in Nausori.
“On our way there I tried to help them but they were unresponsive.
“I cried because these weren’t just students, they belonged to families and they did not deserve to die this way.”
Police spokeswoman Ana Naisoro said the 46-yearold driver was in a critical situation in hospital and 17 other students were given medical treatment.