A teen has succumbed after she and two other minors were accidentally struck by a car along the Bush Lot Village, Corentyne, Berbice public road.
Alyia Mohabir, 16, who was transferred to the Georgetown Public Hospital, succumbed around 3 am today.
She and her sister, Aneela Mohabir, 14, both of Number 46 Village, Corentyne, and Roshone Mohan, 9, of Bush Lot village, were injured in the accident on Friday.
In a statement, police said last evening that the accident occurred around 12.15 pm along the Bush Lot Public Road, where the car was proceeding east along the northern carriageway at a normal rate of speed.
According to the police, the driver alleged that he saw a school child who was standing on the southern side of the road suddenly run into the path of his vehicle, after which he applied brakes and swerved left to avoid a collision. However, he was unsuccessful and ended up on the northern footpath and collided with the other children, who were walking on the footpath.
Police said Alyia Mohabir was picked up in an unconscious condition, while Aneela Mohabir and Mohan were conscious. They were all taken to the Port Mourant Public Hospital, where Mohan remained a patient for observation, while the Mohabirs were later transferred to the New Amsterdam Public Hospital where they were admitted.
Alyia is said to be in a critical condition, while Aneela, who suffered a fractured right leg, is in a stable condition.
The driver, who passed a breathalyser test after the accident, is in custody assisting the investigation, police added. Police said today that the driver subsequently complained of feeling unwell and was admitted to the Port Mourant Hospital.
The driver, said to be an Upper Corentyne doctor, was being detained at the Whim Police Station up to yesterday afternoon, while his vehicle was examined and released before 4 pm.
Meanwhile, Mohan’s grandmother told this newspaper that after eating lunch at her, the girl then decided to head back to school. It was during her journey that she was struck. “It na meet three seconds me hear one impact and then me start call for she and when we run out me see she pon the road and then me start holla,” the woman said.
“She was like two feet from the white line on the road,” the woman noted.
Mohan’s father, Rakesh Mohan, 38, explained that he and his son were returning from the backdam when they saw a big commotion on the public road and they discovered that Roshone had been hit.
His wife, Latchmi Devi Mangru, said that the girl sustained a head injury as well as injuries to one of her hands. The young child after regaining consciousness complained of pains in her stomach. “She a vomit too,” her mother related yesterday, as her father added, “She tell abie she went in the corner.”
Meanwhile, according to Bashwati Rambrich, the mother of the Mohabirs, Aneela wanted to purchase a gift for her teacher for Valentine’s Day and so her older sister Alyia decided that she would accompany her to a nearby shop.
According to Rambrich, after her children were rushed to the Port Mourant Public Hospital, they were immediately transferred to the New Amsterdam Public Hospital. The emotional mother said, “Them na really show me them but the big one na know nothing. She na really catch she self yet.”
