Goed Fortuin boy, 13, battling for life since road crash in May

Shamar Shakeil Henry

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.