A taxi driver has been admitted to hospital after his car hit another vehicle and toppled six times before coming to a stop in a trench along the Public Road at La Grange, West Bank Demerara last evening.
The accident occurred at about 6:50pm yesterday.
Injured is taxi driver John (only name given) who was said to be in a stable condition at the West Demerara Regional Hospital (WDRH), where he was being treated for neck injuries and a broken leg. The female passenger in his car sustained bruises to her face and was treated and sent away. Relatives of the injured man declined to speak when approached by this newspaper.
The driver of the mangled car was said to be speeding when he collided with the other vehicle. One driver at the scene said that the car had passed him minutes before the crash at Goed Fortuin travelling at a fast rate. He said it overtook several other cars. The driver also said that when he reached La Grange he saw the same car in the trench.
Driver of the other vehicle involved in the accident, Ramdat Goocharran who escaped unhurt, told Stabroek News that he was heading home to Sisters Village when tragedy struck. He recalled that he had stopped at a cross street to allow a vehicle that was coming out of the street to pass. As he did so, Goocharran said, he heard a “crashing sound” and saw the car, which was heading in the same direction as him, on his windscreen.
He added that the car overturned about six times before finally landing in the trench on the other side of the road. The driver’s side of Goocharran’s vehicle was wrecked and it was being towed away to the police station when this newspaper arrived at the scene. Police officers were also seen attempting to take the damaged vehicle out of the trench.
