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Volume: 123 No. 152, Thursday, July 2, 2026
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CHARGE DEATH CRASH DRIVER SAY RELATIVES Families lose sympathy for 19-year-old after viral hospital video By JADE RUSSELL Tribune Staff Reporter jrussell@tribunemedia.net THE father of one of the Shirley Street car crash victims says he wants justice for his daughter and the three other teenage girls who died in the tragedy – demanding the driver face charges. Damien Stubbs, whose 17-year-old daughter Diamond died, says a viral hospital video of the driver
in Sunday’s devastating crash destroyed whatever sympathy he had for the young man, as relatives of those killed in the wreck demanded accountability. Attorney General Wayne Munroe said yesterday that whenever there is a fatal traffic collision, authorities consider whether criminal charges are appropriate. He noted that every unnatural death is ordinarily RELATIVES - SEE PAGE THREE
CRASH SURVIVOR NEEDS $20K FOR URGENT OVERSEAS SURGERY By RASHAD ROLLE Tribune News Editor rrolle@tribunemedia.net A 21-YEAR-OLD survivor of the Shirley Street crash that killed four young women is stable but unable to leave the hospital, his family says, with only a pin holding his injured leg together as they try to raise $20,000 to send him overseas for specialised surgery.
Shawn Thurston Jr suffered a broken femur, a broken leg and multiple fractures to his foot in the June 28 crash in Nassau, according to a GoFundMe page launched by his family. His stepmother, Floydena Thurston, said he remains hospitalised and is facing a long recovery after surviving the accident that FUNDS - SEE PAGE THREE
GRIEF-STRICKEN Damien Stubbs, father of 17-year-old Diamond, consoled by family at the scene of Sunday’s devastating crash. Photo: Shawn Hanna
Tears flow at candlelit memorial for crash victims By KEILE CAMPBELL Tribune Staff Reporter Kcampbell@tribunemedia.net TEARS streamed down the faces of relatives and loved ones last night as dozens gathered on Shirley
Street to mourn four young women killed in Sunday’s crash, turning the site where a rental car slammed into a tree into a candlelit memorial of flowers, teddy bears, photographs and hymns. The vigil was held for
Diamond Stubbs, 17, Betrica Brown, 19, Stania Webb, 19, and Evalena Johnson, 19, whose deaths have shaken families and residents from Cat Island. Mourners gathered around a fallen tree trunk,
where candles flickered beside pictures of the young women. Loud weeping could be heard as hymns were sung and relatives struggled to hold VIGIL - SEE PAGE NINE
Female officer wins $50k Stroke patient alleges neglect during PMH stay claim after superior attacks By LYNAIRE MUNNINGS Tribune Staff Reporter lmunnings@tribunemedia.net A 69-YEAR-OLD stroke patient has accused Princess Margaret Hospital staff of neglecting, humiliating and restraining him to his wheelchair during a
four-day stay, raising concerns about patient care, overcrowding and deteriorating conditions at the country’s main public hospital. The man has filed an official complaint and PMH NEGLECT - SEE PAGE FIVE
By RASHAD ROLLE Tribune News Editor rrolle@tribunemedia.net A FEMALE police officer was left unconscious and bleeding from her head after a superintendent grabbed her hand, dragged her and shoved her into a
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stack of tiles at the Royal Bahamas Police Force Training College during a confrontation over her vaccination card, according to a Supreme Court ruling that awarded her more than $50,000 in damages. RULING - SEE PAGE FOUR