Minibus driver in hospital month after Friendship accident

More than a month after the bus which he was driving was knocked into a trench at Friendship, East Bank Demerara, Troy Boyer is a patient at the Georgetown Public Hospital (GPH) after having to be re-admitted for his severe injuries.

The injuries he sustained as a result of the accident include a broken foot, broken hand, hip and bruises about his body. Speaking to this newspaper from his hospital bed, the distressed man said after being admitted after the accident occurred on January 26, he was discharged from the hospital but a few days after he was admitted again as he was told that his condition was not improving and the wounds were infected.

Frustrated was the word he used to describe his feelings. “I thank God for my life and