Mother, daughter injured in Mahaicony crash

THE driver of a car, trying to avoid a head-on collision with a truck, crashed into a Guyana Power and Light (GPL) utility post on Monday, breaking two on impact and seriously injuring a 52-year-old passenger.The injured woman, Tarmattie Sookram, who was sitting in the back seat of the car, suffered injuries to her head and face and had to be rushed to the Georgetown Public Hospital (GPH).
The driver of the car sustained minor injuries in the mishap that occurred on the Mahaicony Double Road, East Coast Demerara, exactly at the notorious accident-prone ‘enchanted spot’ around 09:50 hrs.
At the time, Sookram and her 24-year-old daughter, Ramona Sancharra were returning home to Betsy Ground, East Canje, in Berbice, after conducting business in the city.
Sancharra was also hurt on her back and legs in the collision and was treated at the GPH, as well. Others in the car suffered less serious injury.
After the crash, Sancharra telephoned another sister who hastened to the hospital where she found her mother and sister.
Thanking God
Despite her injuries, Sookram, who was only able to speak in a low tone of voice, while weeping, kept thanking God for saving their lives.
She said that, as the driver of the car in which she was increased speed on the road, she wanted, desperately, to object and caution him to slow down.
“But I was afraid to tell him anything and, suddenly, this is what happened,” Sookram lamented.
She would, very likely, be sent to have a CT scan done and her relatives are praying that she did not suffer any internal injury to her head.
Police are investigating the accident.