Ray J Gordon was a passenger in rear of this Toyota 4Runner with a professional driver carrying three key members of a World Bank related mission in Nigeria. Ray is the Urban Planner for the mission.
During mission trips, there are always several stops in different cities in Nigeria. Usually the transport is by air, but sometimes needs to go on the road. This team was traveling from Kano to Kaduna when the rear tire on their Toyota 4Runner Cruiser vehicle collapsed. Ray was sitting above that tire.
I don't have every detail exactly clear here yet but I'm giving you what I have.
The professional driver did everything possible to bring the car under control. But with the collapsed tire, other things on the car then failed and the car flipped 5 times in two different directions.Ray was sitting above the wheel that collapsed.
Fortunately one of the best hospitals in West Africa was relatively near the accident. That is Ahmadu Bello University Teaching Hospital.
The accident happened at 3PM. They were at the hospital from 4PM to 9PM then were transported to their hotel in Kaduna and Ray was able to settle into his room by midnight. That is when he called me through iChat audio.
Ray was examined and treated at the hospital. What we know for sure is that he has two fingers badly broken on his left hand and he is very beat up in general but nothing else appears to be broken.
When you see the photos of the car, you know that they are all lucky to be alive.
In situations like this, it helps to be in good condition and Ray was in good condition when it happened.
This trip was to have lasted until February 27 but the accident cut it short and all members will return home.
Ray said that it is traditional for people in that part of Nigeria to gather around an accident to say "I'm sorry" (to see your trouble) so you will see some people gathered. Ray said that about 100 people stopped to pay their respects.
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