Family calls for justice after Canal Road accident leaves girl, 11, brain dead

Hema Singh

The family of Hema Singh, the 11-year-old who was struck down by a speeding driver on Canal Number One Public Road two weeks ago, is calling for justice after doctors informed them that the girl is now brain dead.

Singh, of 19 Tenez Ferme, Canal Number One, West Bank Demerara, is currently a patient in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of the Georgetown Public Hospital, where she is hooked up to a life-support machine.

Singh suffered internal bleeding and swelling