The crumpled remains of a Mercedes Benz motor car driven by prominent businessman Sameer Younis after it ran under a trailer along the Mandela Highway about 6:30 pm Wednesday.

Younis narrowly escaped life-threatening injuries, suffering only what he described as a badly bruised left arm and no broken bones.

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Had I been travelling any faster the whole thing would have gone under and I would have lost my head, Younis, who insisted that he was not speeding, told the Observer, yesterday.

I am lucky to be alive, he continued.

According to Younis, he was travelling towards Kingston when on approaching Six Miles a trailer pulling a 40-foot container going in the opposite direction, crossed the median, completely blocking his path.

Younis said that as he went underneath the trailer, the impact was taken on the cars bonnet and engine.

Thank God I didnt have a passenger, he commented.