A teenager is battling for his life in hospital, more than two months after he and a man were struck down by a speeding car on the Goed Fortuin Public Road, West Bank Demerara.
The accident occurred on May 29 around 3.15 pm during which Shamar Shakeil Henry, 13, of Lot 22 Goed Fortuin sustained head injuries including a fractured skull. He was rushed to the West Demerara Regional Hospital and later transferred to the Georgetown Public Hospital.
Up to late yesterday afternoon, Henry was in an unconscious state in the Male Surgical Ward.
The other person, 44-year-old Wazir Ali was also admitted to the same hospital. He sustained a crushed leg which doctors were forced to amputate after three surgeries.
Reports reaching Stabroek News revealed that Henry and two of his friends were proceeding north along the public road when PTT 1343, which was driven by Donald Downer struck him down. He was flung into the air and fell into a yard.
The vehicle then slammed into Ali who was standing some distance away waiting to board a minibus, before ending up in a nearby trench.
Downer was taken into custody and placed on $50,000 station bail. He subsequently appeared in the Wales Magistrate’s Court and was charged with dangerous driving. The matter was recently called on July 28 and was adjourned to September 12.
Sharon Davidson, Henry’s mother, told Stabroek News yesterday that on the day of the incident she was asleep and was awakened by the shouts of her neighbours informing her that Henry was involved in an accident. The woman said she immediately rushed to the scene where she saw Henry in an unconscious state. “At that time I didn’t really care anything, I just hustle to take my son to the hospital,” she said.
The distressed woman said that three weeks ago, doctors had discharged Henry despite his condition. He spent eight days at home before he suffered a seizure and had to be re-admitted to the hospital. “They say he got an infection in his blood so right now that’s what they are treating him for. When they done they will send him home again,” Davidson said.
The woman said she has been finding it hard to cope with expenses since the incident. “Everything I got to do on my own, from buying pampers to find transportation fee every day and it’s not easy,” she said.
