Several hours after 12 persons lost their lives on the No. 19 Corentyne Public Road, their relatives and close friends were still trying to grapple with the horrific news of the manner in which they met their demise.When this newspaper visited the homes of the dead and even the family members of the survivors recollected on the last moments spent with their loved ones and how they were greeted with the news of their death.Those dead have since been identified as, 33 year-old Oudit Narine Baboolall of No. 48 Village, Corentyne, who was the driver of the minibus; Orlando DeMattos of Manchester Village, Corentyne; Talita Mendonca and her two-month-old son, Josiah Khan, of Kildonan Village; Janet Baker of No. 19 Village; 46-year-old Salima Juman, of Bird Bush, Canje; Salmaa Razaac of Cumberland, Canje; 35-year-old Cindy Jaggernauth, of Nigg Village; 30-year-old Patricia Asgarally, of Albion, 38-year-old Chetram Ramphal,Cheap Jerseys USA, of Bush Lot Village; 14-year-old Marquest Ault, of Rose Hall, Corentyne; and 19-year-old Nazradin Mohinudin, of East Canje Berbice.The survivors are 24-year-old Tamika Fraser, of Kildonan; Sham Jaggernauth, of Nigg; Fiona Paramsook of No. 11 Village, Corentyne; and Anwhatie Singh, who was the conductress of the minibus. She was the driver’s wife.Up to press time yesterday, only Paramsook was still being treated at the Georgetown Public Hospital while Singh was being treated at the New Amsterdam Hospital. The other two survivors, Jaggernauth and Fraser, were discharged from the New Amsterdam Hospital some time yesterday.Recollecting the horrific ordeal, the relatives of Sham and Cindy Jaggernauth said that they got the news from relatives who had seen a news report.According to relatives, the couple had left their Albion home to visit New Amsterdam to conduct business. The couple’s daughter, Shalini Jaggernauth, said she was at school but when she got home her parents were not there. She said as night fell she became worried since her mother would normally contact then via phone if she out too late.“We deh waiting fuh she come home but we ain’t seeing she. Later, a cousin call and she ask me who deh home with me and wheh me mother deh. Me tell she me ain’t know.”The teen said that her cousin then informed her that there was an accident and that her mother and father may have been involved.According to Shalini, she immediately informed her uncle and other relatives who raced down to the New Amsterdam Hospital where they were told the Mrs. Jaggernaught died but her husband survived.According to the relative, Mr. Jaggernaught related to them that that minibus was heading to New Amsterdam along the No. 19 road when the truck came into its path.“Is a miracle he come out that bus alive. He went in de front seat. We aint know how he survived.”“He tell we that this big truck just overtake a car and de speeding and (the truck) end up in de minibus path and he ain’t know nothing else after…He seh de rain de pouring”.Down at Manchester Village, Marsena De Mattos, the wife of Orlando De Mattos, said that she is still in disbelief that her husband of ten years is no longer alive.The woman said that she could not bear to see the sight of her husband’s remains. She was told that her husband’s body was badly damaged.“He brother say he foot deh till in he belly and de people at de mortuary had to pull out de foot.”Mrs. De Mattos said that she last saw her husband alive on Friday when he left for work. De Mattos was employed as a cane harvester.“He does normally leave at five in de morning and after I ain’t see he coming home I start calling he phone and it going straight to voice mail.”The woman said that a relative then contacted her telling her to look at the news since there was a terrible accident. According to De Mattos, she contacted her husband some time during the day and he had informed her that the Rose Hall bank was filled with customers so he was heading to New Amsterdam to draw his salary.“When me cousin call me and tell me about de accident I tell she me ain’t got time because I got me baby to look after.”? The woman said she continued trying to contact her husband’s mobile phone but kept getting no answer.She said she even asked another relative to contact him but the relative too kept getting transferred to voice mail. Moments later, the woman said a police rank called and informed her that her husband was involved in an accident and that he had died.De Mattos was identified after his identification card was found in his pants pocket.The relatives of young mother, Talita Mendonca and her two month-old son, Josiah Khan, said they were shocked at the news of their death. Relatives said that the young mother left her home with another relative, Tamika Fraser, to conduct business at Whim.At Whim they were referred to New Amsterdam, hence they joined a minibus not knowing that they would never make it to New Amsterdam.As expected,