One month after being the victim of a hit-and-run at Stevedore Housing Scheme, technician Michael Phillips says he has been receiving death threats and he is now under guard at the Georgetown Public Hospital (GPH).
At the same time, Phillips is still uncertain about the course of action being taken by the relevant authorities in pursuing the person who hit him.
Phillips reported that it was not until an article was published by a local media house about the accident that he received a visit from a police officer, who took a few notes on the matter. He was informed, however, that more would be done when he was properly discharged and able to point out the location of the accident.
He remains unaware of the status of investigations and his only knowledge of the matter comes from reports given by family members. He stated that he had received information that even whilst he awaited surgery in the Accident and Emergency room of the Georgetown Public Hospital, the driver of the car who hit him had already been released from police custody.
Phillips, who alleges that he has received death threats from private callers on several occasions, is currently being guarded by a police officer stationed outside the room to the ward. He noted, however, that he is unaware of the purpose of the rank being placed there.
Phillips, recalling the seconds leading up to the accident, said that on December 21,2015, he had been riding his motorbike in the vicinity of Stevedore Housing Scheme when he attempted to overtake three cars. As he was about to overtake the last car, he said the driver tried to “dash over the road,” cutting across his path.
“In the time he try to dash over I blow my horn and when I blow my horn I try fuh take till to the grass corner over the other side a di road. And instead a he mash brakes, he lose control of the car and actually accelerate,” he recalled.
Phillips said that he was picked up by the car, which pitched him approximately 60 feet away. The driver, however, reportedly drove away from the scene.
Phillips regained consciousness in the emergency room of the GPH after he was taken to the hospital by a woman— a stranger to him—who had witnessed the accident and rendered assistance.
Phillips had just completed surgery to his leg and shoulder when he was visited in the male surgical ward of a city hospital yesterday. He reported that his hip and shoulder plate had been dislocated and his arm and leg broken in two places as a result of the impact of the accident. He has had five surgeries completed to date. In his doctor’s estimation, it will be at least three months before he can walk again.
The thirty-seven year old, being the sole bread winner of his family, has been forced to rely on the kind contributions of strangers who take food to him in the hospital, to get by daily.
