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ZR driver, two passengers hurt

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A ZR DRIVER had to be freed from his vehicle and taken to the Queen Elizabeth Hospital (QEH) after a collision with a ten-wheeler sewage truck in Haynesville, St James, yesterday afternoon.Andy Lowe, 31, of Dover Crescent, Cave Hill, St Michael, was trapped in his vehicle and had to be rescued by the Barbados Fire Service.The collision happened at the intersection in front of the Melbourne Cricket Ground just after 1 p.m.Lowe had injuries to his chest, neck and legs, while two of the six passengers, Waveney Dixon, of Checker Hall, St Lucy, and Janette Louis, of Simmons Land, Rendezvous, Christ Church, complained of pains.Louis, 42, had bruises to her legs, hand, and some bleeding from the mouth, while Dixon pointed to a gash on her shin.The truck, belonging to the National Housing Corporation, was driven by Mitchell Hinds, of 5A Field Road, Wildey, St Michael. He and colleagues Ronald Price and Anthony Flatts escaped without injury. (MK)

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