MOTOR-CYCLIST, Michael Anderson, 23, and pillion rider Clovis Drepau, 24, both of Mibicuri South, Black Bush Polder, Corentyne, are warded at the Male Accident Ward of the Georgetown Public Hospital, suffering fractured and smashed right legs after being involved in an accident with a motor car on the Mibicuri Public Road.

But ironically, even as they writhe in pain and grieve over their injuries on hospital bed, Ronald, the ‘drunken’ driver of the motor car and another motorist (his friend) are walking free and rejoicing that they have been able to outsmart the police in relation to identifying who was behind the wheel at the time of the accident.
The victims say that the vehicle involved in the accident was a wagon, and the driver at the time was not licensed to drive a wagon, and being afraid of the consequences for such an offence, identified another motorist to the police, as having been the driver of the wagon. His friend was said to have taken on the responsibility.
However, when the police took a breathalyzer test on Ronald’s ‘volunteer’ driver, he was found to have alcohol on his breath also.
According to the injured Anderson, he was riding his motor cycle going to a shop, with Clovis as the pillion rider, when suddenly the driver of the wagon drove out of his lane and into Anderson’s lane, braced him in the corner and crashed headlong into them.
On impact the two were hurled into the nearby bushes while their bike was thrust in another direction.
Anderson’s instep was badly crushed and his toes broken, while Drepaul’s ankle was broken. They will be unable to use their legs for a long time yet, doctors say.
Following the collision, the driver of the vehicle ‘Ronald’ got out of the wagon, but on witnessing the extent of the injuries and the amount on blood on the ground, he jumped back into his vehicle and drove away, Anderson and Drepaul said.
Thanks to the cellular phone, Anderson was able to make a phone call to his parents and alert them about the accident.
On arrival of their parents, the injured men were first taken to the Black Bush hospital, then later to New Amsterdam, before being finally transferred to the GPHC. They are awaiting the arrival of the police to give their statements on the accident.