Christopher Pollard, the teenager who was seriously injured in Sunday’s hit-and-run accident along the Enmore, East Coast Deme-rara Public Road which claimed the life of his elder brother remains hospitalised.
His father, Jermaine Peters yesterday told Stabroek News that although doctors had initially given Pollard 24 hours to live, he was still battling for his life up to last evening.
Pollard brother, Sheldon Major, 16, of Lot 76 Enmore North lost his life in the accident which occurred around 7 pm on Sunday.
Both brothers sustained severe injuries about their bodies.
They were rushed to the Georgetown Public Hospi-tal (GPH) by the police. Major was pronounced dead on arrival, while Pollard was admitted.
At the time of the accident, the brothers were walking home from the village mosque.
The Guyana Police Force in a statement had said that it was seeking the public’s assistance in locating the driver, who fled the scene and was yet to be apprehended.
The police said that one of the victims was discovered lying motionless on the northern side of the public road while the other was found in a semi-conscious condition on the grass parapet. “Debris of a vehicle was seen scattered on the northern side of the road,” the police noted.
Peters had previously told this newspaper that he was at Golden Grove, also on the East Coast, when he received a call from an unknown individual who informed him about the accident.
He said by the time he arrived at the scene, both Pollard and Major had already been taken to the hospital.
According to Peters, his sons visit the mosque every day together.
Peters is calling for justice. The distraught father, who works as a minibus driver, noted that while driving he always tries his best to be cautious to avoid accidents and also to look out for others.
“I does deh on this road heh every day. I does drive bus. I does try to avoid people getting knock down. Likewise, I see other people knock people and people would drive and catch them back. Up to the other night, a man get knock down and I drive fah meet he up and turn back the vehicle but nobody ain’t doing dah fah me. None body ain’t doing dah fah me,” he lamented.
