“All ah we end up on de road while de car went on until it park on de people veranda” recalled Keith Abel who was thrown from a car along with four others, after the driver lost control of the vehicle.

The driver lost control of the car after speeding over a road bump and crashing into a trench near the Friendship Gas Station.

Abel, 30, of 89 Supply, East Bank Demerara, from his bed in the Male Open Ward at the Georgetown hospital said about 10.30 on New Year’s night he and three others were travelling to pick up a friend to attend the football game in Linden when the incident occurred.

He said when the car spun out of control he and the other two passengers travelling in the back seat were thrown through the car’s front windscreen while the driver and passenger in front were flung onto the car’s bonnet and rolled onto the road. The car then rolled into a yard coming to a stop on a resident’s veranda.

Abel said the owner of the gas station then placed the five of them into a car and rushed them to the Diamond Diagnostic Centre. They were then transferred to the city hospital early Friday morning.

Abel said he bore the brunt of the injuries suffering a fractured neck and spinal injuries while the others were discharged with minor wounds.

He said the accident was reported to the police.