Young Woman's Shoulder Broken In Motorcycle Accident

Jan. 30,2010
Young Woman’s Shoulder Broken In Motorcycle Accident
By Quirico M. Gorpido,Jr

Maasin City, Southern Leyte-A young lady who rode on a motorcycle driven by her classmate broke her right shoulder when the motorcycle accidentally crashed somewhere in brgy. Pugaling, this city.
The victim was identified as Jessa Paderes Yuson,18 years old, and a resident of brgy. Mambajao.She sustained a fractured shoulder as x-ray result revealed. She has a wound on her right knee A.hematoma on her upper left arm and a wound on her elbow.
The driver was identified as Cris Laurena Maurel, 20 years old, also a resident of brgy.Mambajao.He suffered from a back pain, but choose not to be hospitalized. He was convinced he has no fracture and went to a herbolario to massage his painful back
Another backrider was identified as Ethel Jubay Paderes, 20 years old and living in the same barangay.She was the first cousin of the victim. She has some bruises on her face but hospital confinement is unnecessary for her case. She has no fractured bone
Yuson disclosed that the three of them were classmates as first year students at the Southern Leyte Business College (formerly Southern Leyte Computer Institute) located in the heart of the city.
In an interview with LSDE the victim she said that during the recent Saturday evening at past eight they have decided to visit some of their classmates living in the proper town of Macrohon,about 15 kilometers away from Maasin.
She said that she and several of her classmates have agreed to go to one of the beach resorts here the following day for a leisurely bath at the sea.
However, they did not go home right away after their agreement. They while away the hours by talking and conversing with their classmates and exchanged pleasantries until 12:00 midnight
As they went home she was already sleepy while her male classmate who drove the motorcycle was already drunk when they drove to Macrohon, she said. She claimed they did not engage in a drinking spree while in Macrohon, as is a common observation nowadays among young students who blindly imitated the adults who drink intoxicating liquors.
Likewise, she was also suspecting that her driver-classmate was already sleepy like her when they drove home to Mambajao, the reason why they accidentally crashed either in brgy. Ichon or brgy. Pacu.
When asked specifically which one of the 2 barangays she was mentioning was the right place of the accident, she said she cannot give an specific answer because she was very sleepy on their way home. And that during the accident she was unconscious.
She said when she regained her consciousness she was already at the emergency room together with her 2 other classmates.
She said she was informed that a nurse who was to report for duty at that moment was the one who brought her to the provincial hospital for treatment.
In answer to my query her first cousin Ethel said that the motorcycle they were riding on had crashed in brgy Pugaling near the Rich Beach Resort. She claimed the motorcycle did not collide or ram any vehicle along the way. Although according to the victim the motorcycle was badly damage.
She implied the crash was the result of a drunken driver driving on a sleepy mode.
Resident physician Dr. Elpidio Sibud, an orthopedic surgeon, who was the attending physician, advised the victim’s parents (who came all the way from faraway San Francisco town) that the only effective solution to the condition of their daughter is a bone surgery.
Nevertheless, the victim intimated that the stainless steel as a support base for her fractured shoulder is very expensive. She confessed her parents can hardly afford for the price and that they still have to look for financial assistance from their relatives.
However, several days later, Dr. Sibud had operated on the victim’s fractured right shoulder since her parents were able to get financial assistance from their relatives for the purchase of the stainless steel.
(Quirico M. Gorpido, Jr.)