Richard Singh, the 20-year-old man who was involved in an accident at Plantation Hope, East Coast Demerara, on October 15 was discharged from the Georgetown Hospital last week and is now at home his relatives said yesterday.
Singh was discharged from the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) at the Georgetown Hospital last Monday and was a patient of the Male Surgical Ward recovering, his uncle Imran Khan had said. He sustained head injuries in the accident that claimed the life of his 18-year-old cousin, Padma Narine.
Narine’s four siblings and her parents also sustained injuries while the driver and his family escaped unhurt.
The driver of the bus, who is a neighbour of the family, was speeding and was told by the girl’s father, Rajendra Narine, to slow down before the accident.
The driver, however, refused to slow down and lost control of the vehicle which hit a rail and ran into a nearby trench. Padma was pulled from the vehicle dead.
