Accident victim recounts injustice

Jul 09, 2013 News

Former policeman John July is still in pain, almost three years after he was struck down by former Local Government Minister, Kellawan Lall.
When the mishap occurred, July was the pillion rider on a motorcycle on the East Coast Demerara Public Road. The date was September 4, 2010. His right leg was severely injured.
So ghastly was his injury that doctors gave him two options. July could either have his leg amputated and replaced with a prosthetic leg or have a hot pack which is commonly known as steel, fitted in place of his distorted limb. He chose the latter.
However, due to the unrelenting pain, July is made to relive the ‘unsavoury’ occurrence daily. He has recently completed the third surgical procedure to repair his damaged foot.
When this newspaper caught up with the ex- cop, he was lying in a bed at the Male Surgical Unit of the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation, with his injured leg swollen and bandaged.
“Yuh know I don’t want tek this thing on cause the clock would stop work. I was coming from a function and I beg a friend to drop me home… and de Minister Kellawan Lall knock we down and drive away. September coming gun mek three years and not a word from he or nobody in the Government,” July recounted his experience
At the time of the accident, July was a special constable attached to the Supreme Court.
Since then, he has been walking with the assistance of crutches. This prohibited him from adequately performing his duties as a law enforcement officer. During this period, July was also the bread winner of his home. The father of four found it difficult to provide for his family.
According to the man, the former Government Minister never reached out to his family in any way.
“He never had de manners to check or nothing; no courtesy. De worst part is that he never get investigate or charge.”
According to reports, the lights on the Minister’s vehicle were not on and it was veering between the lanes.
A policeman who witnessed the accident said that after the Minister struck down the two persons he sped away from the scene.
Other eyewitnesses said that the Minister’s son returned to the scene of the accident with the same vehicle and transported the injured persons to the hospital.
However in an earlier report, Lall had refuted allegations made by the policeman. He claimed that July sustained injuries to his leg not as a result of hitting his vehicle but due to July’s motorcycle colliding with the metal rails of the bridge.
Mr. Lall told reporters that the only time July came into contact with his vehicle was when he was placed in the back seat.

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