UgandAshis - 5 Spirited crash

UgandAshis 2009 – 5. Spirited crash
Kampala, Uganda
April 23, 2009.
Spirited crash.

Yellow and red balls pocketed with rocket speed (and sometimes not so). I am celebrating my move with some friends in Al’s Bar. Then all of a sudden the jolly mood turns in an instant. A friend of my buddy has been involved in a car accident at the other end of town.

We jump in to the car and with blazing speed we rush to the site of the accident. Fifteen minutes of nerve racking. How is he? As we are informed it seems bad: the car is totaled, he is bleeding profusely and was all spirited up.

The accident happened around the corner of my friends house. And yes the Toyota Rav 4 x 4 is a write off. He had hit some huge rocks on the road (yes Uganda roadworks) lost control, hit a slope, spun and slammed into a garden wall down a steep decline.

Twenty minutes and no ambulance, despite the severity of the accident our friend is pretty ok. He can walk and is taken to the hospital by car. There he gets sutured and he insists he will go on a business trip tomorrow.

Now the downplaying of the accident begins. As to assure minimal involvement of the police incentives are given to the right people and the wreck is towed into the compound where it had jolly well pummeled he wall.

We end the night in Al’s bar for some pool. In my honor some sitar music is played. And our friend; with his >15 sutures in his head and a mild concussion; he is on his business trip.

Namaskar,
Ashis