16-Year-Old Student Ran Over by Bus

Evalenda Pau

Back to Punta Gorda where a sixteen-year-old student of Forest Home was injured in a traffic accident. Evalenda Pau is in a critical condition at the K.H.M.H. after she was reportedly run over by a bus at around nine o’clock this morning. The bus driver was reserving onto the highway when she was knocked down. Pau who was found on the side of the road with both legs crushed. With the assistance of Wings of Hope, the young girl was airlifted to Belize City for treatment. Her brother, Sebastian Bah, spoke to News Five.

Voice of Sebastian Bah Jr., Brother of Accident Victim

“I was at work when I get a call from my wife saying that my sister got in an accident. So I rushed out there. I saw my sister’s legs critically damaged but I don’t know what exactly happen so I can’t say anything at this time. She was taken to the Punta Gorda Hospital then to the K.H.M.H. via plane.”

Hipolito Novelo

“You had mentioned that she had left to town earlier that day.”

Voice of Sebastian Bah Jr.

“Yes Sir. She left for tomorrow with Ramiro’s Bus Service.”

Hipolito Novelo

“Do you know if she was waiting for a bus out there by the junction?”

Voice of Sebastian Bah Jr.

“No Sir. She came on that bus. She was heading home when she got hit.”

Hipolito Novelo

“So she would usually, normally use that person service?”

Voice of Sebastian Bah Jr.

“Every day she uses that same bus to go into town and comeback.”