CARICOM Secretary-General sends Condolence message to St. Vincent and the Grenadines
CARICOM Secretary-General Ambassador Irwin LaRocque has extended “deepest sympathies” to the Government and people of St. Vincent and the Grenadines following the tragic vehicular accident which claimed a number of lives including school children.
In a condolence message to St. Vincent and the Grenadines Prime Minister Dr. Hon. Ralph Gonsalves, Ambassador LaRocque said the disastrous occurrence has “deeply saddened” the Caribbean Community (CARICOM). He said “in this trying time of such grave loss, the Community stands with St. Vincent and the Grenadines”.
A bus carrying mostly school children overturned and plunged into the sea along the country’s north-eastern coast on Monday. Official reports say five persons were killed, fourteen were hospitalized and two are still missing.
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CARICOM Secretary-General sends Condolence message to St Vincent and the Grenadines