ST JOHN’S, Antigua – The woman whose left leg was severed in a deadly motorcycle crash Sunday morning will remain an amputee as reattachment of the limb could not be done.
Reports reaching OBSERVER Media indicate the 30-year-old Joyanne Joseph of All Saints village had an operation on the day she and her companion, Andre Jno Baptiste, crashed into a house opposite Stanford Watch Tower on Sir George Walter Highway, Coolidge.
Jno Baptiste was pronounced dead on the scene of the accident while Joseph was in stable condition up to press time. Her leg was severed just above the knee. She sustained other minor injuries.
At about 4:55 am she and Jno Baptiste were travelling north on the highway when he lost control of the bike and ran off the road into a concrete fence and landed in a concrete garbage receptacle outside a home.
Just before Jno Baptiste’s demise, he reportedly stopped to pick up a beer at a nearby service station.
The Heineken bottle was found broken on the scene. His relatives last saw him alive at about midnight Saturday, when he left his Golden Grove home for a pre-Carnival show.
He was a father of four who worked at Don’s Beauty and Barber shop on Bishopgate Street.
My youngest child, Kayden, was kicking and screaming two years ago when he went to get his first hair-cut at three years old… and he kicked and scream every time after that for about four months. However, his barber was the epitome of patience and understanding. He never got frustrated with Kayden; he coaxed and cajoled Kayden until he was finished with his hair. As the months and years passed, Kayden and his barber struck a friendship. As soon as his barber’s chair was vacant, Kayden would hop on and talk right through with this barber until he was finished. That barber was an employee (and I believe the son of the owner, Don) at Don’s Barbershop. Many a time, I’ve seen my son’s barber tinkling with his motor bike, and as far as I know he wore his helmet. The last time I saw Andre (and it’s only now, even after several years visiting the barbershop, I know his first name) was on June 29, when I went to have my eyebrows groomed. Little did I know that it would be the last time I would ever see him. I’ve tried to explain to Kayden what has happened and that he’ll never see his barber again. I don’t think he fully understands, but I just needed him to know what has happened. For that reason, it is with great sadness that I express my condolence to Andre’s family. RIP, Andre!
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Young people take heed as clearly you are not immune.
Drinking and driving dont’ mix no matter how cool you think you are.
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