A taxi driver thought he was dead following a head-on traffic collision in St David’s.Christopher Dailey told Supreme Court he saw two headlights racing towards him and attempted to veer away, but was unable to escape the impact.“I remember seeing smoke and hearing songs,” he said. “Not music, a whistling from something in the engine. At that time, I thought I was dead.“Then I realised the noise was there. I hopped out, and I was alive.”Mr Dailey was later treated at King Edward VII Memorial Hospital for a bruised and sprained foot, back pain and multiple cuts.The driver of the second vehicle, 40-year-old Eric Dunkley, was also treated for injuries suffered in the collision.Mr Dunkley is now on trial for causing Mr Dailey grievous bodily harm by dangerous driving, a charge which he denies.The court earlier heard that Mr Dailey was working on the evening of June 4, 2011 but returned to his St George’s home at around 10.20pm.He received a phone call from a friend around midnight, and agreed to drive him to Gombey’s Restaurant and Bar in St David’s.Mr Dailey said he went into the club and drank a single Guinness, but decided he didn’t like the “vibe” and returned to his cab sometime before 2am to wait for his friend.He awoke in the cab after 4am and discovered that most of the other vehicles had left the area.Irritated his friend had left, he decided to return home.Minutes later, while driving along Southside Road near the Pizza House Restaurant, he said he saw two headlights in his lane coming towards him at high speed.Mr Dailey told the court he jerked the steering wheel to the right out of instinct, but the vehicles still collided.He said he was only aware of one other vehicle at the time, but was told while in hospital that a third vehicle was involved.He also learned that Mr Dunkley, a friend of his brother, was driving the car that struck his taxi.He walked on crutches for two weeks after he was released from hospital, and received treatment from both a chiropractor and an acupuncturist for his lingering back pain.Mr Dunkley’s lawyer, Victoria Pearman, repeatedly suggested that Mr Dailey had actually gone to the Bailey’s Bay Cricket Club after work, and that he was seen drinking more than a single Guinness at Gombey’s.The taxi driver repeatedly denied the suggestions.Ms Pearman said: “I’m going to suggest to you that you were impaired. You were intoxicated. That you slumped down on the bar.”Mr Dailey responded: “My record speaks for itself. I have never been caught driving under the influence. All of that is a pack of rubbish, a pack of lies.”Ms Pearman also alleged that Mr Dailey was travelling in the wrong lane before the accident, and veered back into the left lane just before the collision. Mr Dailey refuted that suggestion.Ms Pearman then suggested that in the months after the collision Mr Dailey approached her client outside Colonial Insurance on Reid Street and apologised for the crash.Mr Dailey told the court he said no such thing and that Mr Dunkley had threatened to kill him. The trial is set to continue today.