A boy is clinging to life at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation after being struck down on Regent Street by a police truck while on his way to church last night.
Amin William Bouyea, 13 yrs, was walking along Regent Street with a small group of friends heading to the House of Israel congregation. While crossing the street he was knocked down by the truck which witnesses say was dimly lit and speeding down the clear road.
One witness told Stabroek News that the force with which Bouyea was hit rendered him unconscious. Bouyea’s friends said that the police had struck the boy and were attempting to leave the scene. This newspaper was told by one of the boys that it was only when persons from a minibus travelling in the opposite direction made a commotion the policemen took Bouyea to the hospital.
Bouyea’s friend stated that the minibus had stopped and they were crossing the street in front of the bus, he stated that his friend made his way across the street and when he turned to see if his peers were following the truck him down.
The injured boy’s mother said that he was in critical condition with broken bones and a collapsed lung with internal bleeding.
Investigators were at GPHC to question witnesses however some family members felt that they were also intimidating the other boys who were providing statements.
