Day-3(Xmas day) - Since Nitin and Sweta had to go to the Xmas Mass - all of us got this extended sleep. and since it was xmas- we had the kitchen for ourselves and With gopi in the team we had to have a gr8 breakfast. So after a delayed start to day3 - we set out from Portree hostel . I go to the other car to keep a bag in it and by the time I come back - I see my car full and Mr.Praveen has decided to change cars - I am not impressed by his sudden chane of heart. I go and sit in the other car.Since Nitins car didn have fuel they decide to head to the next town for gas station(Xmas day - everything is closed). And we(in my new car) decide to go on a loong drive of the Isle of skye. So with some good Bollywood numbers blazing - we set out on the drive which promises to be memorable(no pun intended). We stop at this one lace which resembles Ladhak or afghanistan landscape where you have flat land for miles togethr. After a few miles of driving the ladscape changes into greenland and we have the sea for our company onto our right. One more photo session (in near to 0 degree temprature) done and we continue our drive. By now I have swapd position with Sarbjoth and I am in the front seat. I am engrossed in deleting some of the pics i had taken earlier .And we are moving along a mountain terrain and as the car turns over a bend i feel that the car is out of control and before I know the car hits the mound along the road and flies in the air - the next thing I know is the Thud with which the car comes to a halt.For starters - we are uside down - I can hear pavithra and Amit moaning in pain - I look a adarsh and see his eyes bleeding and lips swollen and Sarab in the back seat says - 'door jam hua hai'. I realize that I am not feeling any pain or bleeding. I unhook the seat belt and try to open the door - no luck. I see the wind shield a lil open - ask adarsh to break the same - but when i realize he isnt giving it enough power - I kick the same with all my power - it moves a lil. On the Second shot - it opens up enough for me to crawl out . Adarsh also crawls out behind me. Then luckily for us the back door opens from outside. Sarab comes out first and looks fit and fine. And we see Pavi and amit in pain. Sarab carries Pavi out of the iverted car and I help amit out of it. Adarsh is freezing and bare foot and he asks me to find his shoes. I go into the car to find his shoe which is stuck to the gas-pedal on the roof (:-)).
We dont have the mobile network to call the emrgency number(999). So I stop the next car (German tourists) and ask them for help. They get help fromt he locals from the next town. The 999 is informed by them and we wait for th ehelp to arrive. Its already 3:30 and its getting cloudy- cold and dark.But yet we get to see the scotish hospitality and generosity. Pavi was taken care by the lady from the nearest town. I got adarsh and Amit to sit in the cars with the heater on. And finally we get the ambulance(a medical helicopter) and fire engine come in after about 45mins of the accident.
Adarsh and amit had a Hlicopter ride to Inverness hospital.
At the end of it all - I should say that we were damn lucky to have escaped with a broken hand,one bleeding in the eye and a pelvic fracture and 2 of us unscratched.
With all of them taken care of and with police taking me and sarab into 2 different cars for initial investigation and alowing us out after recording our statement and with the police officers assuring us that all the luggage in the car would be handed over to us at the police station - me and sarab were off to bradford hospital in the hospital with pavitra in stretcher.
We dont have the mobile network to call the emrgency number(999). So I stop the next car (German tourists) and ask them for help. They get help fromt he locals from the next town. The 999 is informed by them and we wait for th ehelp to arrive. Its already 3:30 and its getting cloudy- cold and dark.But yet we get to see the scotish hospitality and generosity. Pavi was taken care by the lady from the nearest town. I got adarsh and Amit to sit in the cars with the heater on. And finally we get the ambulance(a medical helicopter) and fire engine come in after about 45mins of the accident.
Adarsh and amit had a Hlicopter ride to Inverness hospital.
At the end of it all - I should say that we were damn lucky to have escaped with a broken hand,one bleeding in the eye and a pelvic fracture and 2 of us unscratched.
With all of them taken care of and with police taking me and sarab into 2 different cars for initial investigation and alowing us out after recording our statement and with the police officers assuring us that all the luggage in the car would be handed over to us at the police station - me and sarab were off to bradford hospital in the hospital with pavitra in stretcher.
Back in the portree hospital - when I sat down with a cup of tea in the night..It dawned onto me - how much worse it could have been.This Xmas will always be - Unforgettable...to say the least.
