An­na-Lisa Paul

Se­nior Re­porter

an­nal­isa.paul@guardian.co.tt

A man nar­row­ly es­caped with his life yes­ter­day af­ter a flatbed trail­er col­lid­ed with his Hilux truck as they squeezed past each oth­er in the vicin­i­ty of Tem­blado­ra along the West­ern Main Road, Ch­aguara­mas.

Lee Os­borne Gore, 45, had to be res­cued by fire of­fi­cers who used the jaws of life to free him from the man­gled wreck.

As an am­bu­lance be­long­ing to the T&T De­fence Force (TTDF) re­spond­ed around 11 am, the vic­tim was rushed to the St James In­fir­mary where he was treat­ed for slight lac­er­a­tions to the right shoul­der.

As mo­torists slowed to take pic­tures and record the wreck­age which re­mained on the road up to 1.30 pm yes­ter­day—many ex­pressed re­lief that Gore’s life had been spared. As video record­ings of the ac­ci­dent be­gan cir­cu­lat­ing across so­cial me­dia, mem­bers of the pub­lic ques­tioned if the trans­port truck dri­ven by a 30-year-old man of Har­mo­ny Hall, Gas­par­il­lo—had been pro­vid­ed with a po­lice es­cort and if not, why.

Mervyn Wade wrote: “That cor­ner there lil tricky. You nev­er see what’s com­ing at you un­til its too late.”

Drew Berry ques­tioned: “Where was the es­cort?? The trail­er is on half the oth­er side.”

Mark Ho­sein queried: “Did that ex­tra long trail­er with heavy load have a po­lice es­cort?”

Mean­while, Ann Mor­ris urged mo­torists: “Slow down peo­ple.”