Over a week after breaking both his legs in a crash on the Bee Hive Public Road, Leslie Anthony Simon remains an in-patient in the High Dependency Unit of the Georgetown hospital and police are yet to interview him.
On June 8, Simon, his wife, their children and some neighbours left their Unity Backdam, Mahaica home in a canter truck around 5.45 am. They were going to trade at the Plaisance Market when they collided with a truck. Simon, 47, who was driving, also suffered a wound to his abdomen.
On Thursday he told Stabroek News that he recently had surgery on his left leg which had been broken in two places. His wife, Anita Mangal, 37, who was visiting him at the time of the interview, also sustained a broken leg but she had not been admitted to hospital. The woman said that she was doing her best to make do and explained that her eldest daughter Nicola Stoute, 18, who had sustained a large cut to the forehead and cuts and bruises about the body now needed a head scan since her injury had become infected.
Mangal’s other children Nikkita Stoute, 15, and Leslie Simon Jr were all treated and discharged while 12-year-old Nathan Stoute who suffered a gash across his face, had been admitted.
He was subsequently released. Mangal said she and her children are dissatisfied with the treatment they received at the hospital. She said Nicola had only been given painkillers for her head wound and she was discharged. The woman said she is currently seeking treatment for her daughter elsewhere.
As regard the police investigation, Mangal said the truck driver was placed on station bail and so far police have not interviewed her or her husband. “Nobody aint get time wid we,” Mangal added.
