Dancehall artiste Chuck Fenda is giving thanks after he was involved in a serious accident in St Ann early Friday morning.

The artiste, whose real name is Leshorn Whitehead, told THE STAR that he is lucky to have only received cuts and slashes after his Toyota RAV4 flipped three times and landed into a steep ditch. He was on his way to the Irie FM road show.

He said, "I was driving from Kingston to MoBay Friday, about 7:30 a.m., and I was on the Chalky Hill Road, going down to St Ann's Bay. I approached a steep corner, but it seemed like there was oil on the road cause when I turned di corner, di van jus start slide. Mi touch di brake and it still did a slide, so mi jus hold di steering and di van flip three time and den lan' inna di ditch."

The entertainer, who was travelling with his selector Shabba, said farmers who were nearby came to their assistance. He said his selector suffered cuts and bruises and a few broken fingers while he received "some chops and slashes" on his knees and hands.

Fenda explained that he was to have driven down to Montego Bay in a bus provided by the show's organisers, but said it left Kingston at 3 a.m. and he woke up after 4. "When mi wake di bus reach a Flat Bridge, so mi jus seh mi a go tek mi time and cruise down. There was nothing I could do to stop the accident. It was just the power of Jah. If yu see how di van look or how di ditch deep!"

He said he was still a bit shaken up and feels pain in his neck every now and then, but for the most part he is coming on well. "Mi jus haffi give thanks fi life same way. Mi deh ya fi continue the work," he said.

The entertainer told THE STAR that he has a number of shows scheduled for West Palm Beach and Orlando in Florida this weekend and promised fans that he would be there despite the accident.