A 60-year-old man is currently hospitalised with bro-
ken legs after he was struck down by an unknown driver during a hit-and-run in the wee hours of Friday morning.
The Guyana Police Force (GPF) yesterday said that the man, whose name and address were unknown, was crossing at the Railway Embankment, at Liliendaal, East Coast Demerara, at 2 am when he was hit down by a car, bearing registration plate PZZ 1276, which was later found at the scene of the accident.
The police disclosed that the pedestrian was walking along the southern side of the Railway Embankment when he was struck by the vehicle.
As a result, the pedestrian fell to the road surface and received injuries about his body, the police said. The man was picked up by Emergency Medical Technicians in an unconscious condition and taken to the Georgetown Public Hospital. He was later admitted in the Accident and Emergency Unit’s Critical Bay. His injuries were reported as being broken legs and lacerations to his head and about his body.
It is unclear which direction the vehicle was headed. The driver drove away after the accident but after a report was made to the police the scene was visited, where the vehicle’s registration plate was discovered along the roadway.
