The two persons who were injured on Sunday night after a driver lost control of his car and plowed into them and others while they were sitting on the curbside of the road at Kairuni, Soesdyke-Linden Highway, are still in critical condition while post mortem examinations (PME) will be conducted today on the three persons who were killed.
The Commander, responsible for Regional Division 4(B), Mahendra Siwnarine, told Stabroek News yesterday that the two survivors, Rodwell Jerome, 50, and Alena Persaud, 8, are still in a critical condition at the hospital. “They are still considered critical at the moment, they are not in the clear yet,” the commander informed when he was contacted. He also stated that post mortem examinations will be conducted today on Antonia Henry, 87; her 40-year-old daughter, Melina Emmanuel; and her granddaughter, Akese Jerome, aged 8.
Siwnarine added that following the PME, the police will seek further advice from the Director of Public Prosecutions on the way forward with the matter. He explained that the driver of the car, Kevin Bizzeth, 39, a fireman of Rainbow City, Mackenzie, is still in police custody. Siwnarine said that the police applied for an extension to allow them to hold the man in custody as they await the PME before the file will be taken to the DPP for recommendations. The request for the extension was granted. The police had previously stated that a Breathalyser test was carried out on Bizzeth and no alcohol was found on his breath.
This newspaper had reported that at the time of the accident, around 9.50 pm, the victims were waiting for their relatives when Bizzeth, who was proceeding south along the eastern side of the road at a fast rate lost control of the vehicle. As a result, he collided with the curb on the left side of the road before the car careened into the group of persons who were sitting on the side of the road on the same curb.
The police had said that the younger Jerome was taken to the Diamond Diagnostic Centre, while her grandmother, Henry, and her mother, Emmanuel, were picked up in an unconscious state and taken to the Mackenzie hospital by a passing vehicle. They were all pronounced dead on arrival by the doctors on duty at the hospitals.
Meanwhile the elder Jerome and Persaud were also picked up in an unconscious state and taken to the Mackenzie Hospital. Jerome is presently at the Mackenzie Hospital, while Alena is at the Georgetown Public Hospital. Both are still in critical condition.
