“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.
There was no football in Linden on New Year’s day!!What is Mr.Abel really saying?? Maybe they were speeding heading down to the stadium when the accident happened, after all the road was wet and slippery!
SAND HURST U SEEM TO KNOW PLENTY
here we go again, SN sensationalized a petty accident.
well if yall been living in this kountry you woulda see om pun de t.v….he telling a nada storie pon de t.v.
sandhurst is right there was no football in linden on new year day, it was at the providence stadium, so he’s correct to say that.
RUM again,,,,New Year’s day and RUM drinking goes hand in hand, let the Police investigate. Speaking of the Police, where is the official report of this accident?. Oops, I forgot,,,,,the President has to initiate ALL investigations, and has to review ALL investigations, sorry,,,,my bad.
i wonder if any of them were wearing seat belts? some may ask what that has to do with anything.
those older cars in guyana dont have seat belt in the back seat
it has a lot to do with the accident, if they had on seat belts they wouldn’t have been flung out of the car.
so why are the cars on the road then? “rethorical question”
it all makes sense now.
“amen-ra” my sentiments exactly ref: the wearing of seatbelts.
but most may not agree.
and some may call it a “petty accident” seeing that no lives were lost.
Who in the US or Canada wears seatbelt in the back seat.Maybe they do in Germany?? Why would you bring this up to give the impression that there is a lack of safety rules and enforcement in Guyana.
freespeech
this is big news for sn but it wont tell us how road accidents reduced.
its giving the anti govt bashers their daily dose to vent against govt…its to be expected
many times i posted blogs with facts, but with surprise they were not publish, one was posted but then removed.
Evil,
What this accident have to do with government? Come on stop casting aspersions on SN. We don’t need politics in everything we blog about, give that a rest for a while.
These idiots will never learn .. seat belts save lives .. but then again this is Guyana and ignorance is a way of life down there .. they lucky there are still alive to tell the tale .. oh well .. but .. like the song says .. where ignorance is bliss its folly to be wise but is a dumb boy and a parrot open mi eyes ..
Well all I could say and they should say is thank God for sparing their lives.
Speed kills and people will never learn
Maybe they were drunk , or the driver was .
The car could not go out of control if they were not speeding .
Unless the car got Jumbie !
They’re lucky to be alive . Hope they take precaution the next time they go together on a trip like that .
Car lands on veranda::::::
de people had no right to be on the veranda…..
i remember in the 80s when people used to walk in the middle of the road and vehicles were using the corners….pot holes too big…in de middle…a lil child could have drowned in those pot holes when filled by rain…
And some of the pot holes they used to fill/patch with coconut shell.