Shalini Jewlall, 31, who was struck down along with her seven-year-old daughter while crossing Main Street, New Amsterdam on Sunday, has succumbed to her injuries.
The woman who was originally admitted to the New Amsterdam Hospital was subsequently transferred to the Georgetown Public Hospital where she died yesterday.
Her daughter, Marlina Da Silva, was treated at the New Amsterdam Hospital and then discharged. The driver was also treated for his injuries and is now assisting the police with the investigations.
According to reports, Jewlall and her daughter were heading to her mother-in-law’s Strand, New Amsterdam house where they also reside, when the incident occurred. They had just finished visiting their new home (also in New Amsterdam), which is under construction. “They were coming by me. They have a house behind me. They building a house and it near finish, so they does normally sleep there and come back here to cook and do other stuff,” explained a distraught Leila Da Silva.
Da Silva told Stabroek News, she had just returned home from church when she received news of the incident. The woman said it was a member of the church she attends, who informed her of the tragedy. “He call me on the phone and say how he has sad news, so I said, ‘Boy I just come from church and I don’t want hear no sad news,’ but he said he got to tell me anyhow,” Da Silva recalled.
The woman was told that her daughter-in-law and granddaughter had met with a serious accident. “I get so stupid that I had just taken off my clothes and couldn’t find it to put it on back,” she said, noting that by the time she reached the hospital, “she [Jewlall] was semi-conscious and like they give her sedatives.” Da Silva said it was evident that Jewlall’s bones were badly broken. “Like how you smash tomatoes you
