Two (2) men were rescued by five (5) teens who are being hailed as heroes, after their car crashed off the Lady Young Road in Morvant on Sunday afternoon (21st April, 2024).
According to reports, the heroic teens, identified as Kabir Bernard, Jelani Rosseau, Tishaan Charles, Tyrique Barrow, and Joel Frank were working and hanging out at their car wash on Crystal Drive, Lady Young Road, around 12:45 PM, when they heard a loud bang and what they thought were children's screams.
Bernard, 15, who attends Diego Martin Secondary School, said the group rushed to the sound and found the men inside the overturned car, trapped in a drain. “We just ran out, all we knew somebody sounded like they were in trouble and we knew we had to do something quick because the car looked like it would flip again,” Bernard said while speaking to Newsday.
One teen ran back to the car wash for a rope, which they used to tie to the car. Once the rope was tied, they tried to pull the car over to prevent it from moving and injuring its occupants further. However, upon realizing their efforts would not work, another teen flagged down a passing van. The driver of the van stopped and the teens tied the rope to his van. He then reversed, helping the group secure the vehicle and pull the men out.
“One of the men's hands was crushed, there was a big cut on the other guy's knee, and his foot looked like it was also broken. We are just happy nobody died; they looked like they were in stable condition,” Bernard said.
Frank said one occupant was unconscious when they pulled him out of the wreckage and the other began to lose consciousness. The group said it took about fifteen (15) minutes for the Ambulance to arrive and about twenty (20) minutes for the Police. They were told the injured men were from the Belmont area. Charles said, “It was a real tragic scene; there wasn't really much if any, blood, so I feel they have internal damage.” CCTV footage of the accident shows the white car speeding along the roadway and then losing control before hitting a metal guard rail and crashing into a drain.
A resident who witnessed the accident, was sitting at the back of her house, which faces Lady Young Road. “I saw this white car speeding down the road and I said to myself, I hope that driver doesn’t hit anyone. In less than thirty (30) seconds, I hear this loud crash and I know it was the same car. My heart dropped,” she said.
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