…during horrific accident on Aroaima trail
WITH his head split open, scalp and face badly bruised and peeled, it’s a miracle that 37-year-old Sheldon Bovell of Retrieve, Linden, is alive today to tell the tale of his most horrific accident while travelling in remote Berbice, two weeks ago.

And now he has vowed he will get back on track and continue “Living for Christ”, whose hands miraculously snatched him from death.
“Hadn’t it been for God, I would not be alive today,” he asserted, with an air of gratitude, as he sat up in a hospital chair, taking in everything around him.
It was the case of a leisure outing turning ugly. On January 30, Sheldon, who is a seaman and came home on vacation, was travelling from 72Km Unamco en route to Aroaima, Berbice in Region 10 (Upper Demerara/Upper Berbice).
There were four of them travelling in a pick-up, and he was seated at the front of the vehicle, along with the driver, while two others were seated at the rear.
As they were approaching Araoima, he recalled, the axle of the rear wheel flew out and the vehicle toppled on the side where he was seated and went skidding for several feet. As the pick-up proceeded along its path, Darryl’s head was literally grazing on the crude roadway until the vehicle came to a stop. But what was unbelievable was that he was the only one in the company who was injured. The driver got a scratch on his foot, but did not require medical care.
After getting the vehicle back in action, they drove to the Kwakwani Hospital several miles away with the injured and badly bleeding man suffering excruciating pain. There he was given emergency treatment and stabilised, before being transferred to the Mackenzie Hospital.
At Linden, he was immediately taken to the theatre, where the doctors did an excellent job of surgical repairs. He was admitted and warded for the next 13 days, and kept under close medical watch. And on Wednesday last, Darryl was referred to the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) for admission and further medical treatment.
His mother, Ms. Sandra Massiah, joins him and the rest of the family in expressing appreciation and heart-felt gratitude to all the medical personnel who have worked so hard in ensuring his recovery.
Written By Shirley Thomas