Canefield woman in intensive care after being hit on No. 19 road

A Canefield Settlement, East Canje, Berbice woman is now a patient at the New Amsterdam Public Hospital after she was struck by the tray of a truck on the Number 19 Public Road on Thursday evening.

The woman, Dhanrajie Tulsie, 42, of Lot 1157 New Area Canefield Settlement, East Canje, Berbice, is presently a patient in the hospital’s Intensive Care Unit.

Sunday Stabroek was told that the woman suffered a fractured rib and other injuries about her body.

According to information gathered, the truck, GTT 7939, was proceeding at a normal rate of speed, east on the northern lane of the Public Road along the Hermitage Village, located along the popular Number 19 stretch on the Corentyne.