NBA player and rap star girlfriend in Nothern Hwy. collision
This afternoon NBA star Kenyon Martin of the Denver Nuggets and his girlfriend Trina, the famous rap artist, arrived at the Phillip Goldson International Airport at the invitation of Youth for the Future for a double event on Saturday. Tomorrow morning at ten, Martin and Trina will be at the Belize City Center for a youth rally and in the afternoon the couple will be at a Semi Pro game between the Belize Bank and San Pedro Tiger Sharks in San Pedro A.C. Late this evening we spoke to the couple and asked about their short visit.
Kenyon Martin, Denver Nuggets
“I’m just here you know what I’m saying, for the hip-hop peace thing you what I’m saying. Here to show my face, show some support. My first time here in Belize so I’m just here to show a little love to the country and what not.”
Jose Sanchez
“What do you have to say to the youths of Belize who are interested in somehow being a part of the NBA someday?”
Kenyon Martin
“Just good luck, work hard. It’s not easy by any means but you gotta put your dreams first you know what I’m saying. Chase your dreams, work hard at all times and don’t let anyone tell you that you can’t do it; it’s possible.”
Trina, Rap Artist
“Thank you to the fans that’s out here. I get a lot of support from the fans and I’m grateful and appreciative of that. so I would definitely say thanks to the fans and thanks for them to keep supporting me ad following me and buying my music and listening to it. That’s a blessing.”
And that is tomorrow but today when Martin and Trina were heading to the City from the Phillip Goldson International Airport they were caught head on in an accident on the Northern Highway. It is reported that the police vehicle that should have been leading the entourage was actually the second vehicle in tow. The police vehicle pulled up and overtook the lead vehicle on a curve just before the Haulover Bridge. The Ford Excursion that was carrying Martin and Trina then followed the police vehicle escort attempting to overtake the lead vehicle on the curve. But It was too late to avoid a collision with a van driven by forty year old George Abraham who was accompanied by his two children. We spoke to Abraham this evening about the accident.
George Abraham, Accident Victim
“I was driving from Belize City heading to Ladyville. Weh happen I work wid Doony’s di deliver some letters and I gwein dah Ladyville but I got my two kids and school shet so I decide fi seh I wah take dehn along wid me just fi di lee company. I was like bout seh forty, forty-five round dehn speed deh and as I turn di curve between six and seven miles deh I si police vehicle pan di left side wid ih lights on. So I di continue just … but when I conscious wah white suburban come out ah di caravan ah vehicles dehn. I noh know what ih mi di do, ih just come out ah di caravan ah vehicles dehn and when I sight ah di come, I noh know he neva sight me. When I see it di come my lee son seh daddy watch out and I seh I see it. I try brakes and I cut off ah di road. He mi di come, I noh know weh ih mi di do, overtake noh. I cut off ah di road and apply brakes and we crash head on.”
Marion Ali
“You and di vehicle?”
George Abraham
“Me and di vehicle, me and di suburban and dat dah when I sustain wah fracture. I noh know if dah fracture but I got wah pain inna mi ribs and mi shoulder but I supposed to tek wah ultrasound tomorrow fi mi spleen cause when I breathe ih hurt no. Well my son get injured pan ih two knees. He get I think splinters pan ih two knees and ih face abrasion.”
