At least five among 11 injured in the van crash in Georgia last Tuesday night have been discharged from the hospital yesterday afternoon.
Those discharged from the hospital include Gagan Kammar, Amber Ghaley, Birkha Monger, Lok Aley and one Carlos, a national of Ghana. Kammar’s right hand was severed in the accident and still continues to suffer from internal chest pain while Ghaley has head injury and fractures on ribs. It is reportedly learn that Aley still continues to suffer from chest pain.
The condition of Nar Monger, earlier said to be critical, has been improving while Ugen Monger and Kharka Khatiwada continues to struggle against critical stage. “They [Monger and Khatiwada] still remain unconscious in the hospital,” quoted a source from Georgia. Monger’s left hand was severed in the accident and has a serious head injury while Khatiwada has sustained major internal injury in his body.
Quoting Kammar, BM Rai from Atlanta, GA, informed BNS over telephone that most of them [passengers] were asleep at a time when the van crashed and that they do not have any idea about how it crashed. “I was in the hospital when my consciousness had regained,” said Kammar. The condition of Buddha Maya Monger, only woman victim of the accident, is also said to be critical.
Meanwhile, a board meeting of the Bhutanese Community of Georgia (BCG) organized early today morning has formed various teams of volunteers to assist the victims and their families in seeking legal assistance, coordinate with the Perdue Chicken Plant, where victims were working, for the possible compensation, help victims for further medical treatment, among others.
Despite repeated attempts, BNS could not reach out to Bhim Bista, driver of the van, who was discharged from hospital few days back, for comments on how the van had crashed.
A 15-seater van carrying 13 Bhutanese and two African nationals bound to Perry from Atlanta in Georgia crashed Tuesday night at around 9:00 p.m. leaving two dead and all passengers injured.
“A tire blew out,” reported one online portal www.macon.com, quoting Allison Selman-Willis, Monroe County Sheriff’s Office spokeswoman, as the cause of the incident. According to Sheriff’s office, the Chevy 3500 15-passenger van traveled off the road near mile marker 197 in the southbound lanes and overturned.
Contributed by BM Rai for BNS from Atlanta, GA.
