A 16-year-old is now dead, while his younger brother is clinging to life after they were struck down in a hit-and-run accident on Sunday afternoon along the Enmore, East Coast Demerara Public Road.
Dead is Sheldon Major and injured is Christopher Pollard, 14, both of Lot 76 Enmore North. They both sustained severe injuries about their bodies.
The accident occurred around 7pm.
Police rushed both of the teenagers to the Georgetown Public Hospital (GPH). Major was pronounced dead on arrival, while Pollard was admitted. Pollard’s condition is listed as critical.
At the time of the accident, the brothers were walking home from the village mosque.
In a statement issued yesterday, the Guyana Police Force 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.
Jermin Peters, father of the teenagers, yesterday told Stabroek News 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 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 called for justice, while noting that doctors had given Pollard 24 hours to live. “Doctor seh 24 hour them giving he. I ain’t know,” he said.
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 hay 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.
