TEN people who were injured when the minibus in which they were travelling collided with a car along the Old Harbour Road in Spanish Town yesterday have been admitted to hospital.

The driver of the car, who was also hospitalised, is said to be in serious but stable condition, the same as three of the passengers from the small bus.

The driver of the minibus, Kingroy Miller, 32, who is from Browning Avenue, Kingston 20, has been arrested and charged with dangerous driving.

He is to appear in the Spanish Town Resident Magistrate’s Court today.

Admitted to hospital are:

. Horace Foster, 33, from Clarendon;

. Hugh Morgan, 43, from Portland Cottage, Clarendon;

. Norma Forbes, 42, of Georges Lane, Kingston;

. Emely Grandison, 36, from St Johns Road, Spanish Town;

. Yvonne Lobban, 45, from Irons Drive in the Mineral Heights area of Clarendon;

. Maxine Morgan, 36, of Llandewey, St Thomas;

. Fidel Beckford, 26, a police constable from Toll Gate, Clarendon;

. Basil Roofe, 34, from Amos Park, Kingston 11;

. Irene Raymond, 39, a resident of Orange Street in Kingston;

. Maxwell Dillon, 43, from Golden Spring, St Andrew; and

. Bridgette Messado, who is from Morrison Street, Spanish Town.

. Foster, Morgan, Roofe and Forbes are in serious condition.

Miller, the minibus driver, told the Observer that at about 10:00 am yesterday he was driving his Toyota Hiace – licensed PA2477 – along the Old Harbour Road towards May Pen. There were 15 passengers in the vehicle, he said.

According to Miller’s version of the events, when he got to McCooks Pen, in the vicinity of Content Farm, a taxi suddenly stopped in front of him. Miller said another taxi, which was driving behind his bus, overtook him and was heading towards a line of traffic coming from the opposite direction.

He said the car suddenly swung back onto the left side of the road and in his effort to avoid it, his bus crashed head-on with a Hyundai Accent motor car registered 5826 BT. The car was being driven by Messado.

But the Spanish Town traffic police said Miller began to overtake a long line of traffic, saw Messado’s car coming and when he was unable to rejoin the line of traffic he collided with the woman’s car.

Both vehicles were severely damaged.