Latest update November 15th, 2024 1:00 AM
Four-year-old runs in front of Canter truck
A four-year-old boy is now a patient at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC), nursing severe bodily injuries, after he reportedly ran in front of a Canter truck at Grove, East Bank Demerara yesterday.
Jeremiah Halley, of lot 308 Samatta Point, Grove, East Bank Demerara was struck some time after 1pm in front of the village’s post office.
The worried father, waiting patiently yesterday on information on his son
Yesterday, when Kaieteur News visited the hospital, doctors in the Accident and Emergency Unit (A&E) were battling to save the life of little Halley, while his father, James was waiting anxiously in the hospital’s waiting area for news on his son.
The senior Halley said that he was at work when he received a call from one of his friends, informing him that his son “get lick down by a Canter” and that he was at the Diamond Diagnosis Center.
He said that when he rushed to the hospital, doctors at the institute were preparing to transfer little Halley to the Georgetown Public Hospital.
“When I was in the ambulance coming down with him he couldn’t talk. His neck, head, hands and feet were in bandage and he whole skin bruise,” the father claimed.
The driver of the Canter truck is in police custody.
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