A FAMILY of three narrowly escaped death in a horrific accident on the Coverden Public Road, East Bank Demerara, two Fridays ago, when a speeding minibus crashed head-on into their motor car, writing it off. They had to be pulled from the mangled wreck.But despite debilitating injuries suffered, mother, father and their 6-year-old daughter are alive, and are recovering favourably.

Juliet Payne, 34, said she huddled her 6-year-old daughter throughout the ordeal, and is thankful to be alive. Juliet recalled that, with her daughter’s father at the wheel, the family had travelled all the way from Georgetown and were just a few rods away from their Coverden home when tragedy struck.

A minibus travelling in the opposite direction overtook another motor vehicle, and on pulling out from behind the other vehicle, crashed into the family’s car.

“All I remembered shouting was: ‘The Blood of Jesus!’ Then I heard the loud bang and the shattering of windscreens.”
People rushed to the scene from all quarters, she recalled.

A relative’s car, which was travelling behind them along the way, transported them to the Diamond Hospital, where they were given emergency treatment and stabilized before being transferred to the Georgetown Public Hospital.

On arrival at the hospital, it was determined that Juliet had suffered multiple injuries, including a puncture to her right breast. She has lost much blood and is due for blood transfusion. Her face was also badly damaged, and she had to be sutured above the right eye.

Albeit, she is persistently asserting, “This is God’s Hand! Thank God I could see!”
Her daughter, Mary, also suffered multiple injuries, but was discharged in a stable condition on Thursday, even though the parents are still warded at the GPH.

The father has suffered a slipped hip bone and other injuries.