Wall collapse stirs tragic memories
A ten-foot wall collapsed in Warwick - reawakening memories of the death of Andrea Bacari.
It also emerged last week that the Department of Planning has received many complaints about unstable walls since the Bacari tragedy.
The latest incident prompted residents to urge Government to take action.
The Royal Gazette received an anonymous tip that a ten-foot wall had fallen down on South Breeze Road.
The man, who did not want to be named, said he was concerned because of the unstable retaining wall that killed Mrs. Bacari in January, when she was parked at The Bermuda College.
"It's dangerous and in light of the events of what happened to Mrs. Bacari, it needs to be looked at."
The wall was in a crumbled heap, although none of the residents The Royal Gazette spoke to knew when it had happened - but some thought it had happened a few days before.
The wall fortunately fell onto a grassy knoll where neighbours said about ten neighbourhood children play.
Neighbour Sharise Clarke, 16, said that bits of the wall fell onto someone's car that was parked there.
Miss Clarke said: "As far as I know, no one was hurt. There are about ten children in the area who play over there."
Another resident who lives on Westmount Lane, which runs above the South Breeze Road said that his children play in the area sometimes. "I just looked out there one day and it was down - I don't have a clue as to when it happened," said Curtis Lee. "It appears that no one saw when it fell. My children play down there - so it's a good thing no one was hurt."
Department of Planning director Rudolph Hollis said that the public must lodge formal written complaints, otherwise they could not investigate. He said many people were not prepared to leave their name and address.
"We unfortunately do not have the resources or the men power to go out to every call."
Mr. Hollis added that if and when a wall fell down, the householder would need to contact the Department of Planning before beginning the re-construction.
