Dhaniram Harilall, the man who succumbed on Thursday, three weeks after he was struck down in a hit-and-run accident at the Liliendaal Railway Embankment died as a result of complications from injuries suffered.
Police yesterday released the findings of the autopsy which was performed yesterday by Government Pathologist Dr Nehaul Singh.
Sixty-year-old Harilall was struck down by motorcar, number PZZ 1276 while crossing the Liliendaal Railway Embankment around 2 am on August 6th.
Harilall never regained consciousness after the accident.
He was admitted as a patient in the High Dependency Unit (HDU) at the Georgetown Public Hospital (GPH) until he passed away around 9.30 am last Thursday.
The police had disclosed that Harilall was walking along the southern side of the Railway Embankment when he was struck by the vehicle. As a result, he fell on the road surface and suffered injuries about his body.
He was picked up by Emergency Medical Technicians and taken to the hospital.
The driver fled the scene after the accident. How-ever, after a report was made to the police, the scene was visited and the vehicle’s registration plate was discovered along the roadway.
