Cop car slams into Uitvlugt Secondary student on pedestrian crossing

Parmini Persaud

An Uitvlugt Secondary School student is nursing injuries at the West Demerara Regional Hospi-tal (WDRH) after she was struck by a police car, PRR 2032, on the pedestrian crossing around 7.50 am yesterday.

The 11-year-old Grade 7 student, Parmini Persaud was rushed to the Leonora Cottage Hospital where she was treated for injuries including to her forehead and for minor abrasions.

She was subsequently transferred to the WDRH where her condition was listed as stable.

An eyewitness told Stabroek News that he was in the front seat of the minibus that the girl who lives at Tuschen New Scheme,