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Two hospitalised after car plunges into Le Ressouvenir canal
Onlookers stare in shock at the car which was almost submerged in the canal.
Two persons, a man and a woman, are now hospitalised after sustaining injuries when the car in which they were travelling plunged into a trench on the railway embankment in the vicinity of Le Ressouvenir, East Coast Demerara.
Cliff Major, of Victoria, ECD, who was the driver of the car, was listed as critical but stable, while the woman who was only listed as Bridgette, was also critical after she was pulled from the car in an unconscious condition.
According to reports, the car, a Toyota Raum was proceeding east along the railway embankment at around 15:30 hours when the driver lost control, the vehicle ended up slamming into the southern rail of a bridge and plunged headlong into the canal.
Yassim Hashim, who resides near to the scene of the accident, told this newspaper that he heard the impact and rushed to see what had happened.
“I see de vehicle in de trench and all we do was try fuh get dem out. I ask de big man if more body was inside de vehicle and he said no, was just de lady and he. De lady get a injury in she head, like something stick up in she head and we just assist fuh get she out. De man, he fly till to de back seat and he de almost come out,” Hashim told this newspaper.
Ann Major, the driver’s wife, who spoke to this newspaper at the scene, said that her husband was returning home when the accident occurred.
“Apparently he was coming from town and picked her up to give her a drop home,” Mrs. Major said.
She informed that she had visited both her husband and the woman in the hospital and their condition was not of the best.
“I just hear like she hollering, screaming and making noise, her face was all over in blood. My husband had the oxygen mask over his face and he was just lying there not saying anything to me. I didn’t even get to speak to him,” the woman said.
The car which was only purchased about seven months ago sustained significant damage.
Meanwhile, the passengers of two other vehicles which were involved in a crash at the junction of Norton and Haley Streets yesterday evening were fortunate to escape virtually unhurt. Reports are that the driver of one of the vehicles, a Toyota Corolla, attempted to cross the busy Norton Street from Haley Street when the vehicle was slammed by another vehicle which was proceeding east along Norton Street.
The car ended up slamming into a utility pole which fortunately withstood the impact.
Over the past weekend there were several accidents which resulted in the deaths of two persons, Police Corporal Sharyn Denny and Lusignan resident Lakeraj Kushera.
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