–Vehicle driver thought she’d only suffered a puncture
SHERWIN Allen, 27, Gary Boston, 26, and Joel Clarke 26 sustained serious injuries in a motorcycle/car accident that occurred at Bounty Hall, Essequibo Coast at about midnight on Monday night.Rushed to the Suddie Hospital, they were stabilized and transferred to the Georgetown Public Hospital (GPHC) late yesterday, where they remained under close medical watch.

In the GPHC’s Main Theatre, Allen underwent an operation for trauma to his right foot, while Boston was operated on for trauma to his left leg; and Clarke remained under close observation in the Trauma Room of the GPHC’s Intensive Care Unit (ICU) with injuries to his left leg.

The three men were reportedly travelling on a 150cc motor cycle heading towards Dartmouth at about midnight on Monday, when a speeding car allegedly driven by a woman heading towards Charity ploughed into them from behind and sent them and the motor cycle flying into a nearby drain.

Covered with mud and apparently not readily recognizable, the men and their motor cycle lay in the drain whilst the car driver, probably not realizing she had hit a motor cycle with persons riding it, exited the car along with two men and another woman who were with her, discovered that her car had suffered a blowout and damage to the wheel, and decided to proceed on her journey, driving slowly because of the bent wheel.

Fortunately, the sound of the collision resonated throughout the quiet neighbourhood, and residents awakening from slumber, hastened to investigate what had happened.

One resident related that, shortly after the car left the scene, residents spotted the men and the motor cycle in the drain. An alarm was raised, and public-spirited individuals proceeded to drag the men out of the drain, only to discover that their legs were smashed, they had suffered multiple injuries, and were in great pain.

The rescue party managed to get a vehicle to transport the injured men to the Suddie Hospital, where they were stabilized and given initial treatment before being transferred to the GPHC early the following morning.

Having discovered the injured men and the motor cycle in the drain, residents pursued the accident car and accosted that party at Andrews Village, where they were told of the residents’ discovery.

The police were summoned, and the car driver and her party were arrested. Investigations are ongoing.
(Rajendra Prabulall & Shirley Thomas)