THREE shiny motor cars were yesterday involved in a horrific ‘smash up’ outside ‘Our Lady of Fatima Roman Catholic Church’ at the corner of North Road and Shiv Chanderpaul Drive in Bourda, Georgetown.

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Back and side views of the wrecked Toyota 212, # PSS 2550.
[/box]At least one of the vehicles – a hitherto immaculate Toyota Carina 212, # PSS 2550, was badly damaged. The other vehicles involved in the accident are a Toyota Town Ace, # GMM 7966, and a black Nissan Bluebird, # HC 3796, driven by Christopher Williams. The other drivers have declined to give their names.

Williams, a Stabroek taxi driver, says his car has been on the road for only about one month now. He claimed his vehicle was in a stationary position — facing north at the corner of North Road and Shiv Chanderpaul Drive, waiting to cross North Road — when another vehicle, # PSS 2550, suddenly appeared almost from nowhere, proceeding south at a fast rate and hit his stationery vehicle, spun around and hit the wagon, # GMM 7966, which was proceeding west along North Road.

The wagon ended up on its side almost in the middle of North Road, and Williams’s vehicle ended up about fifty feet away from the point of impact, and remained nestled at the North Road entrance to Our Lady of Fatima Church.

Fortunately, all three drivers survived, but in the process, the driver of wagon GMM 7966 sustained injuries and was rushed to hospital.

The police were called in, and they have commenced their investigations.

(By Shirley Thomas)