A visiting St. Lucian Cub Scout has been critically injured, while another and his mother escaped with minor injuries after they were struck by a car yesterday afternoon near the Scout Association of Guyana headquarters at Woolford Avenue.
As a result of the accident, eight-year-old Nick Omari Joseph sustained serious injuries to his head and chest and was due for emergency surgery at the Georgetown Public Hospital (GPH) late yesterday, while nine-year-old Darnell Matthew and his mother, Jacqueline Matthew, who is a scout leader, suffered minor bruises about their bodies.
They are all visiting as part of the 14th Caribbean Cuboree currently being held in Guyana.
They were admitted as patients at the GPH, where Joseph was expected to be transferred to the Intensive Care Unit following the completion of his surgery yesterday.
Traffic Chief Deon Moore confirmed that the driver of the vehicle that struck the trio, who has been identified as Tracy Fordyce, has been taken
