Drivers unhurt in 3-car smash-up

Al Muhammad, a 40-year-old heavy equipment operator and driver from El Dorado, reported that around 10 am he was driving his Nissan RG8 tractor unit and was pulling a crown triple axel trailer. He said he was proceeding west on the Eastern Main Road and turned across Third Avenue when a white Nissan Tiida “darted in front” of him and an army Toyota Hilux.

Muhammad said he continued proceeding west and a driver in a silver Nissan Cifero attempted the same manoeuvre but was unsuccessful and hit the trailer of his vehicle. He reported he did not know that he had been hit at the time because the the tonnage of his vehicle prevented him from feeling the impact. He said the trailer hooked the car and when the driver of the Cifero applied brakes it dragged on to the army vehicle.

Muhammad said his vehicle received no damage as with the steel “it was like an ant trying to bite an elephant.” The Cifero however was reportedly totalled and the army vehicle received damage to the right hand side.

No one was injured in the accident.

Barataria police responded and investigations are continuing.