Perilous and wet conditions are again making news tonight. Minister of the Public Service Charles Gibson narrowly avoided a head on collision on the Western Highway this evening when a Valencia bus veered out of its lane.
At around 5:40, Gibson was at mile 20 heading to Belmopan when he saw a bus coming in the opposite direction, rounding the corner from mile 21 and it was in the middle of the road - well into his lane.
Gibson told us he tried to avoid it by driving unto the shoulder, but the bus still hit the back of his Toyota Four Runner. It then barreled into a Police Van which was coming behind him - and also hit the rear end of that vehicle. Gibson reports that he was not hurt and neither was anyone in the police van, which was for prisoners.
He says the bus driver simply lost control of the bus.
