A nine-year-old West Bank Demerara boy is now hospitalised after he was struck down by a car along the Canal Number One Access Road on Monday afternoon.
The child is Joshua Bascom, of Lot 21 Inner Bagotville, West Bank Demerara. The driver of the car, a 38-year-old man of La Jalousie, West Coast Demerara, is currently in police custody.
According to a Guyana Police Force press release, enquiries revealed that at about 4pm on Monday, the car was proceeding east along the northern side of the road at a fast rate when the child, who was standing on the northern side of the road, was struck down.