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Opposition Leader John Briceno Recuperates at Home
posted (August 5, 2019)

This weekend was a peaceful and crime-free weekend, it certainly is a welcomed break from all the violence, with that said, we start off with an update on Friday’s headline story. PUP party leader John Briceno is at his Orange Walk home recovering from Friday morning’s terrifying accident on the Phillip Goldson Highway. Home is where he will stay for the next 3 weeks so his cuts and bruises can heal and the swelling on his head can go down. But as we have reported, Briceno and his driver Edwin Hill will be just fine and make a full recovery. Now while they both recuperate; police will continue their investigation and so far police say the Blue Bird Albion bus driver is at fault.

ACP Joseph Myvette - Head, NCIB
"An investigation is still ongoing; police have so far summoned the bus driver Nadiel Cajun for driving without due care and attention. The honourable Johnny Briceno and his driver have since been released from the hospital the very next day. They were only kept for observations. Not going into  too much details, I can tell you that, two small vehicles and a passenger bus was north bound and one of those vehicles which were at the front slowed down causing the other vehicle to apply brakes and in so doing the bus was unable to stop and then veered into oncoming lane and as a result of that Mr. Briceno’s driver, Mr. Hill, in order to avoid a head one collision drove off the road to the right which caused him to lose control of the vehicle."

As we told you, Briceno will be at home for 3 weeks recovering.

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