Cane cutter hospitalised after hit-and-run

Dwayne North at the Georgetown Public Hospital.

A hit-and-run accident at Bolam, East Coast Berbice on Tuesday has left a cane cutter in the Georgetown Public Hospital nursing multiple fractures to his arm and leg.

Dwayne Anthony North, 36, of Bolam, also a sheep farmer, was reportedly hit by a white car bearing licence plate number HC 1209, around midday, on Tuesday, while he attempted to herd his sheep back to safety. North broke his right leg in three places, his left arm in two and dislocated his pelvis bone as a result of the accident.

According to the man, before the accident occurred, he had been at home cooking when he saw his