VETERAN broadcaster, playwright and actor Ron Robinson remained in the Accident and Emergency Treatment area of the Georgetown Public Hospital (GPHC) late yesterday, where his condition was being critically monitored after he was involved in an accident on Light Street, Alberttown, between Second and Third Streets, on Monday evening.

Although able throughout yesterday to communicate with persons at his bedside, Robinson nevertheless suffered severe injuries to the frontal area of his head, and was wearing a brace about his neck. He also suffered injuries to his leg and abrasions to other parts of his body, although he could not recall details of the accident.
An eyewitness said, on condition of anonymity, that the accident happened at approximately 22:30 hrs, after Robinson had mounted a Ducato 1100 CC motor cycle and was apparently overpowered by the power of the machine, crashing into the windscreen of a parked motor car.
Robinson remained yesterday on a monitor, and was also being prepared for a computerized tomography (CT) scan to determine the extent of the injuries he sustained to his head, whether there were any injuries to his neck, or whether there was any internal bleeding and/or clots.
Over the last few days, there have been several motor vehicle accidents on the nation’s roads, some of them fatal, and doctors at the GPHC (particularly bone specialists or orthopedic doctors) have been kept busy.
Similarly, there has been great demand for beds at the male surgical wards, and those at the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) and High Dependency Unit (HDU) have, unfortunately, all been taken. But the orthopedic doctors have been kept so busy attending to accident-related emergencies that other orthopedic cases paid the penalty.
Motorists are once more being reminded of their responsibility to observe the Five ‘Cs’ of Road Safety, when using the roads. Those 5Cs are: Courtesy, Care, Caution, Consideration and Commonsense. They are urged to avoid speeding, to drive within the speed limits, and to avoid ‘drinking and driving.