Goodison injured in bike accident

Goodison

Charmaine Austin, Staff Reporter

JAMAICA will be without one of its key player when the team runs out against Honduras in a World Cup football qualifier at the National Stadium, Kingston, next week Wednesday.

Defender Ian "Pepe" Goodison suffered serious injury after he was hit off his Honda CBR motorcycle early yesterday morning. With two yellow cards under his belt, he was sidelined for today's game against Mexico, but was listed to play next week.

Goodison yesterday declined an interview and to have his picture taken when The Sunday Gleaner visited his home on Cling Cling Avenue, Olympic Gardens, Kingston. "Mi alright" was all he muttered before turning over on the couch and going back to sleep.

The exposed flesh of his badly-bruised left shin made it difficult for him to rest comfortably. He sported a bandage on the right foot.

"He is doing alright now," his sister, Stacie-Ann Goodison, said. "He was in a lot of pain last night but he has been trying to get a lot of rest since then."

According to Corporal Lancelot Miller of the Hunt's Bay police station where the incident was reported, Goodison and his friend "Bigga", a pillion on the gold and black motorcycle, were travelling along Olympic Way about 12.30 a.m., when they rode front-on into the side of a black Daihatsu Charade car.

The Charade was turning off Tower Avenue onto Olympic Way.

The driver of the car, who was not injured in the accident, reportedly drove off but was chased and taken to the Hunts Bay police station where he was detained for a short time.

Goodison and "Bigga" were taken to the University Hospital of the West Indies, Mona, where they were treated and sent home.

Both the motorcycle and the car were seized and parked at the Hunt's Bay police station at Three Miles, Kingston.

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