{"id":90696,"date":"2013-04-19T06:30:24","date_gmt":"2013-04-19T10:30:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/?p=90696"},"modified":"2013-04-20T22:18:07","modified_gmt":"2013-04-21T02:18:07","slug":"update-two-dead-in-pond-casse-accident","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/homepage\/news\/accidents-tragedy\/update-two-dead-in-pond-casse-accident\/","title":{"rendered":"UPDATE: Two dead in Pond Casse accident"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_90731\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-90731\" style=\"width: 194px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-90731\" alt=\"Norran Jno Hope\" src=\"http:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/norran.jpg\" width=\"194\" height=\"192\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/norran.jpg 282w, https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/norran-150x148.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 194px) 100vw, 194px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-90731\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Norran Jno Hope<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>DNO can now confirm that two members of the Dominica National Football Team were killed in an accident in the Pond Casse area on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>This is according to Education Minister, Petter Saint Jean, who was on the scene.<\/p>\n<p>The two men have been identified as National Coach Kurt Hector and Norran Jno Hope.<\/p>\n<p>Their mangled bodies were removed from the vehicle earlier.<\/p>\n<p>The accident occurred when the vehicle in which they were travelling plunged into a huge opening in the section of the road between Pond Casse and Tarish Pit, caused by heavy rains.<\/p>\n<p>It happened around 5:30 am, according to the police. The men were on their way to meet their team mates for a trip to St. Vincent\u00a0 to compete in the Windward Island Football tournament.<\/p>\n<p>Another member of the national football team, Joslyn Prince, who was traveling with Hector and Jno Hope, though injured, was able to climb out of the ravine-like opening and taken to the Princess Margaret Hospital where he was taken into surgery this morning, according to reports.<\/p>\n<p><strong>EDITOR&#8217;S NOTE: DNO would like to extend deepest condolences to all those affected by this tragedy.<\/strong><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_90734\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-90734\" style=\"width: 246px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-90734\" alt=\"Kurt Hector\" src=\"http:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/coach.jpg\" width=\"246\" height=\"275\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/coach.jpg 246w, https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/coach-134x150.jpg 134w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 246px) 100vw, 246px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-90734\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Kurt Hector<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_90736\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-90736\" style=\"width: 333px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-90736\" alt=\"The mangled vehicle \" src=\"http:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/vehicle.jpg\" width=\"333\" height=\"333\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/vehicle.jpg 333w, https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/vehicle-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/vehicle-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 333px) 100vw, 333px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-90736\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The mangled vehicle<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"DNO can now confirm that two members of the Dominica National Football Team were killed in an accident in the Pond Casse area on Friday. 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