[Shark]

Beenie man in hospital in serious but stable condition after turning over the hummer this morning (bout 4 am dem sey) pon Mandela Highway:uh:

yea man me hear say him broke a rib and broke im nose and puncture im lung

me just a hope seh the dj pull through duh and im can dj di same weh as b4 di accident

[DUDUS]

The damaged Hummer H2
Photos by: Norman Grindley

While many of us were turning in our beds about 3:45a.m.today, ace entertainer, Moses Davis, known to many as Beenie Man did not make a turn at the newly detoured section of the Mandela Highway in the vicinity of the Caymanas crossing.

Reports are that the artiste was traveling in his vehicle alone in a westerly direction on the highway. He reportedly lost control of his vehicle while trying to maneuver it around the corner. The vehicle said to be a GM Hummer H2, the civilian model to the military vehicle, hit a concrete embankment, overturned and was severely damaged.

He was taken to the Spanish Town Hospital for treatment and was later removed to a facility in Kingston.

He is said to have suffered a broken nose, broken wrist and two of his ribs were fractured. It was also reported that Beenie Man is not breathing properly due to a dislocation of his lungs, which might be punctured.

Later in the day, Beenie Man's lungs eventually collapsed, and he was rushed to an operating theatre at the St. Joseph's hospital.

"The surgery was successful, and the doctors just want him to get 24 hours rest, and they will do a reassessment in 48 hours. We plan to hire three nurses to provide round-the-clock care for him at a private institution," Patrick Roberts, manager of Beenie Man and executive chairman of Shocking Vibes Productions Ltd., said.

Patrick Roberts credited the design and structure of the gas-guzzling US$55,000 Hummer H2 - which was reduced to a mangled hunk of twisted metal during the accident - with saving Beenie Man's life.

The section of the road was diverted due to the construction of the government’s ‘pet’ project Highway 2000.

Keep watching this spot for updates or see tomorrow’s Jamaica Gleaner for more information

[DUDUS]

Me sorry fi hear that bout THE DOC, Jah know as long as him living me glad cause right now him no hot like one time but him keep the business balanced... Every body buckle up ( no thats not a new dance...yet)

I am just glad that he is alive I hope that he will still be able to do music Beenie is the first reggae artist I have ever heard with that who am I I remember in like my freshman year in high school when people would sing it all the time. He is lucky to be alive though I mean wow what wreck his hummer got. Big ups to Beenie Man for hopes of a proper recovery.

Beenie Man badly injured in Mandela crash
Observer Reporter
Friday, January 16, 2004BEENIE MAN. hospitalised

BEENIE Man - one of Jamaica's most popular entertainers - was last night in a serious but stable condition at the St Joseph's Hospital in Kingston, after suffering injuries when his Hummer sports utility truck crash along the Mandela Highway in St Catherine early yesterday morning.

"The prognosis is good and from all reports the doctors are confident he will recover," said Clyde McKenzie, general manager of Beenie Man's promotions company, Shocking Vibes.

"He did an operation to remove fluid from his lungs and it lasted about 45 minutes. He has an injury to his lung but it is not life threatening," McKenzie told the Observer last night.
The entertainer, whose real name is Moses Davis, was admitted to the Spanish Town Hospital in St Catherine, but later transferred to St Joseph's, a private medical facility.
Beenie Man, according to hospital sources, sustained broken ribs, punctured lung, chest and head injuries and serious body lacerations, when his Hummer got out of control, overturned and rolled over and then fell into a ditch along the highway.

According to the Central Village police, at about 3:45 am yesterday, Beenie Man was driving his Hummer motor vehicle, fitted with personalised registration plates - MOSES - along the Mandela Highway, when he failed to negotiate a corner at the section of the road which was recently built to accommodate the construction of Highway 2000.

The vehicle, the police said, ran off the road, overturned several times before ending up in the ditch.

Beenie Man was taken from the vehicle by passing motorists who took him to the Spanish Town Hospital where he was admitted. However, four hours later he was transferred to St Joseph's.
This is the twisted remains of the Hummer sports utility truck in which entertainer Beenie Man was injured in an accident along the Mandela Highway in St Catherine early yesterday morning. He has been admitted to hospital and was said to be in a serious but stable condition. (Photo: Bryan Cummings)

The twisted remains of the Hummer, which was later removed to the Central Village Police Station, had the fibre glass body of the front and left sides and roof caved in, right front wheel broken from the axle and the rim of the left front wheel bent and the twisted tyre falling off.

"As you look at the damage you know that speeding was the cause of the accident," an officer at the Central Village Police Station told the Observer.

According to the policeman, because of the high speed the vehicle was believed to be travelling at, when the driver came upon the bend he could not negotiate the right hand corner in the new lanes provided, ran into the rubber barriers, then overturned. "A God save him," said the police officer, who with two of his colleagues were taking a look at the wrecked Hummer parked in the station yard.

The police also alleged that the types of injures sustained suggested that the entertainer was not wearing his seatbelt. ". If he had on his seat belt the injures wouldn't be so severe," the officer said.

The Hummer, a sports utility truck built by US automaker General Motors, cost about J$14 million.

I just hope the doc will pull through coz i can't even start to think of how dancehall music will be like without him inna it.

Lets all thank God that he's alive and that he'll make it.

Mi nuh say no more

[REV SHOTTA]

Me sorry fi ear dat true me nuh believe almighty Jah ago let em dead caw yuh dunno Beenie ah artist bring back di pare good vibes inna di dancehall. Me jus thank Jah sey em nuh dead and me pray dat em ago alright.

[Mz K]

Originally posted by DUDUS
Me sorry fi hear that bout THE DOC, Jah know as long as him living me glad cause right now him no hot like one time but him keep the business balanced... Every body buckle up ( no thats not a new dance...yet)

Danm My prayers goes to him letspray hope he'll pull through n be able to voice like before (i bet mz thing mussy be crying next to the bed)

[jamaican_xotic]

Bless beenie. Hope im hav a spedy recovery, so dat im can finally bus bigga than before.

[Shark]

Originally posted by jamaican_xotic
Bless beenie. Hope im hav a spedy recovery, so dat im can finally bus bigga than before.

we all hope so