Parents of school children are being warned against travelling in PH maxi taxis and taxis.
The caution comes from the Route 3 Maxi Taxi Association, following an accident involving a white panel van transporting schoolchildren in Savonetta on Monday.
According to a spokesman for the association it is not merely that PH drivers are breaking the law, but their motor vehicle insurance does not cover the passengers.
He said panel vans without bands are not registered maxi-taxis and do not possess the requisite insurance.
Yesterday reports stated that a 32-year-old driver of a white Nissan Caravan panel van, registered for private use, reported to police that she was driving north along the Southern Main Road around 7.25 am.
On reaching a depression in the road, the vehicle swerved left.
She steered right but lost control.
The van skidded off the road and flipped onto its hood, causing injury to the driver and several students on their way to school.
Fire officers from Savonetta and Couva, police and paramedics responded and took the occupants to the Couva District Health Facility.
Doctors transferred seven students, ages six to 14, to the San Fernando General Hospital, as they suffered injuries to their arms, heads, necks, knees and chests.
Doctors discharged all but one girl, who they kept for observation.
Investigators are still gathering information from witnesses.
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