Blackboard falls on 5-year-olds

According to relatives, around 1 pm the girls, both five-yearolds, were playing near a mounted blackboard when it overbalanced and fell on them. The girls were rushed to the Eric Williams Medical Sciences Complex in Mt Hope for treatment.

One of the injured girls, Sofeil Clinton, was said to be recovering well, despite minor headaches.

Her mother, Soleil Clinton, said she had just returned home from running errands when she was contacted by school officials who informed her that her daughter was injured in an accident.

“I was very scared when the school called and told me what happened.

But fortunately the injuries weren’t extensive and the principal has contacted me to ask about her condition. All of the staff at the school were very concerned about the incident and were very helpful to me.” However, Nyta Clinton, Sofeil’s grandmother, said the incident has left her upset.

She could not understand how teachers left the children unsupervised.

“This is all very upsetting. I don’t understand how the teachers at this school allowed the children to play around a blackboard that they knew was a potential hazard to children. It’s very distressing to me, because these are the people we trust our children with,” she said.