Two motorcyclists are suffering serious injuries following separate accidents earlier this week.
In the first accident a Laudat man was taken to the Princess Margaret Hospital (PMH) and is now a patient at the Intensive Care Unit (ICU).
The accident took place in the Louisville area on Carnival Monday morning, when the bike collided with a bus.
The man has been identified as Addie Laflouf, a taxi driver.
Laflouf reportedly sustained serious injuries to the face.
Meanwhile, another motorcyclist was rushed to hospital and is also a patient at the ICU, following an accident on Carnival Tuesday near the St. Alphonsus Church in Goodwill.
The man has been identified as Oits Francis of Tarish Pit. He suffered two broken legs and a broken arm.
It is reported that he suffered the injuries after a collision with another vehicle.
The accident occurred at about 9:00 pm.
Obviously carnival time booze does not go with riding. When u ride drunk u are already out of bound. What happens after is all your risk and fault. Your response factor is slower that usual riding. When u do drink what you are accustomed to doing sober becomes harder or sometimes unreachable, then what just happened, happens to u and u die or almost die. Then u say i used to do that easy. But under your rum all things change.
It is now time for the law to test the blood of the riders to determine their alcohol composition. And educate other riders with law about the dangers associated with alcohol and riding. Not all riders think gear is important. Well why aren’t they stopped and charged when in violation. With consistency. That way we’ll all ride of necessity with our appropriate gears at all times. Accidents do occur and if you only check the number of automobile accidents that ended with fatalities last year alone proves that not only bikes are bad. Drunk drivers are…
I await the day that Dominicans learn how to drive courteously instead of wrecklessly.
Sorry to hear of these accidents which caused grave injuries. I visualize how painful it is for them. I hope in time both recover from their injuries.
May the Lord assist you and heal you.
@ veeso, when someone is riding a motorcycle I think they should have enough common sense to know that they should protect themselves with the necessary gears… I do not think they need the law to enfored that… if one doesn’t know that, then they shouldn’t be on the road period.. if you don’t care about your own safety; mines won’t mean a dime to you.
Speak about what you know. The second accident “reported” here invoved a retired police. The police was in the wrong. DNO why don’t you post his name and his license number like that of his victim. He needs to be held responsible. Dominicans too fast to put blame when they don’t know the truth.
How do you know that he was wrong were you there when the accident took place? I was in a bar right in the area. A vehicle stopped to allow the ex police to pass and as he was swinging right into pottersville the biker swerved pass the vehicle which stopped to allow the ex police to pass. And that’s when the biker slamed into the jeep. So before you talk. Get your facts straight. The biker was in the wrong, and he over took on the wrong side, and the bike was not licensed or insured to be on the street.
Just Saying. Know the facts before making your comments
I am saddened to hear this, however, do these motorcyclists pass a test to drive these lethal machines!! The people I see riding on motor cycles do not know how to drive them. For instance they over take cars on the inside instead of the outside many of them drive around Roseau far too fast and on the wrong side of the roads and down the one way streets the wrong way! In other words they seem to be a law unto themselves. On Jou’vert morning there were barricades to stop vehicles but some of the people on motor bikes and scooters ignored this altogether and drove fast around the town, in the one way streets going anyway they wanted too. The police did not seem to do anything to stop this and it was a great danger to pedestrians. Many of us who live in Roseau are kept awake at night especially from Thursday through to Sunday with these motor cyclists. When will a law be passed to stop this. It is just a matter of time before a innocent pedestrian is run over.
They are lethal alright. Going through a barricade is disobeying the Law. The police should have given them a ticket.
They should have a silencer on their motorcycle. I can imagine the noise they make as they disturb the peace, people who are sleeping. Due to the loud noise they make, they should be banned after a certain time of the evening in Roseau and other areas of Dominica.
Why are they not enforcing the law of having protective gear while riding? Helmets at least? Come on now
The government should enforce it. If this is not done and you reside in Dominica, you should lobby the government to do so. Lives are too precious to lose.
Note the type of injuries while driving motorcycles. They should be concerned about their well-being and wear helmets, in addition to observing road regulations as also driving safely.