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Despite the gruesome photographs appearing on the front pages of the daily newspapers and the constant loss of lives, some drivers continue to use the roads with absolute disregard for others, the end result being more grief and misery for the affected.The early morning silence of the Charlestown area was shattered yesterday morning when two vehicles collided at the junction of Russell and Broad Streets, resulting in extensive damage to both vehicles. A taxi driver had to be rushed to the Georgetown Public Hospital for treatment.The drivers offered conflicting versions of what had transpired. Moments before he was transported to the Georgetown Public Hospital, taxi driver Lindon Mason complained of experiencing severe pains to his neck. He said that his vehicle, a Toyota Carina 212 with license plate number HB 4709, was traveling south along Russell Street. He said that upon approaching Broad Street, he noticed a Toyota AT 170, HA 8676 approaching the junction from Broad Street. Mason said that he noticed that the driver,Fabian Delph Jersey, who was later identified as Chaitram Bhagwandin, did not stop at the junction as he was required to do and that it was too late for him to avoid the collision. The next thing he knew was that his vehicle was broadsided and slammed into a tree. When Kaieteur News arrived on the scene the car was still in this position. Both airbags were deployed and Mason lay in the front seat in obvious pain.Mason said that he could not recall what happened afterwards.A medic, Merlin Mangal, who happened to be on his way home from work, stopped and rendered preliminary medical service to Mason before he was taken to the hospital for treatment.Chaitram Bhagwandin said that he was traveling east along Broad Street and upon approaching the junction of Russell and Broad Streets, observed the stop sign. He said he did not see Mason’s vehicle and was just about to cross the road when he collided with the car. A child who had occupied the back seat of Bhagwandin’s vehicle was seen in the vehicle long after the accident had occurred. He was complaining of pains in several parts of his body.It was only after several by-standers chided the driver for such laxity that he decided to have the youth transported to the hospital.But the police said that a rank had stopped Bhagwandin and had warned him of prosecution for failing to observe a stop sign and had invited him to the Ruimveldt Police Station. Bhagwandin, however, ignored the order and drove away only to crash not long after.Charlestown residents attacked Bhagwandin who they claimed was driving under the influence of alcohol. One resident said that he was sure that this driver was under the influence. He said that he subsequently peeped into Bhagwandin’s vehicle and noticed a half empty bottle of alcohol on the floor.But Bhagwandin vehemently denied driving under the influence. He produced a bottle of mouthwash which he claimed the resident saw and mistook for alcohol. All this time he was nervously pacing and muttering that he was very happy that no one had died.The accident has caused Charlestown residents to renew the call for a speed hump to be placed at the junction of Russell and Broad Streets.One resident pointed out that the entire Broad Street, up to Russell Street, is a main thoroughfare. He said that this may be the reason why some drivers continue to think that that the Russell Street crossing is also a major road, thus the need for a speed hump. One resident pointed out this junction is noted for frequent accidents.She cited a recent case where a young man was struck down by a car. He survived but is now in a crippled state. She said that so far appeals for a speed hump have been ignored. The resident remains adamant that if the police continue to ignore the calls, many more lives will be threatened.Lindon Mason lies in a semi-conscious state moments before he was transported to the Georgetown Hospital