Patentia boy hurt after utility pole falls

Kishan Ally

A 12-year-old Patentia East, West Bank Demerara child is now nursing injuries to his body after a lantern post fell on a shed that he was playing under yesterday afternoon, and his relatives are saying that this could have been avoided had the post been removed years ago.

Kishan Ally sustained injuries to his feet and body after heavy winds uprooted the pole and caused it to come crashing onto a shed that he was playing under with some friends.

The owner of the home, Shaeheid Ally, said that he has made numerous reports to the Guyana Power and Light, but to no avail. “I report the matter over a