HAMILTON, Bermuda (NSP)— Local newspaper distributor Clark Thomas is preparing to launch a new children’s book that explores one of the most chilling coincidences in the island’s history.
The story, which Thomas first encountered in 1975, centers on the tragic and uncanny deaths of the Ebbin brothers. On July 18 of that year, 17-year-old Erskine Lawrence Ebbin was struck and killed by a taxi while riding his moped.
The tragedy was a haunting carbon copy of an accident exactly one year prior. In July 1974, Erskine’s brother, Neville, died on the same street, riding the same moped, after being hit by the same taxi driver carrying the same passenger.
"I was absolutely shocked when I first read this story," Thomas said. "It’s a sequence of events so improbable that it feels destined to be told."
Thomas has adapted the legend into a children’s book, focusing on the themes of fate and memory. The book is scheduled for release in Bermuda on October 8.
