19-year-old mother in Berbice hit-and-run accident succumbs

Four days after being involved in an accident along the Line Path Public Road in Corentyne, Berbice — wherein the life of her baby was snuffed out and her husband has been injured — 19-year-old Kavita Bedsan succumbed to her injuries on Thursday morning at the Georgetown Public Hospital (GPHC).
She had been hospitalised in critical condition at the GPHC since the hit-and-run accident occurred on Sunday night along the Line Path Public Road in Corentyne, Berbice. That accident had first resulted in the death of her nine-month-old baby, Ellie Surujnarine, who died en route to the hospital following the accident.
Bedsan’s relative Ganesh Gomanie had said arrangements were in place for her to undergo surgery on Wednesday evening, but based on her deteriorating condition, surgeons advised against it.

“The doctor said she had broken ankle, broken knee, broken hip; her spleen and other organs in her body were not there. This is how she died,” Gomanie revealed.
Bedsan’s husband, 17-year-old Tushan Surujnarine, was discharged from the New Amsterdam Public Hospital on Thursday, but according to his mother Shanili Ramotar, he is still in pain.
“He says he is feeling pain on his body. To see him in this condition and tell him that his wife passed away this morning…it was heartbreaking. He was crying, and asked us to take him there, but we told him that we couldn’t take him, but we will take him home. He has not gotten over it on to now,” his mother told this publication on Thursday afternoon.
Police have said this father, with his wife and baby as pillion riders, was riding an electric bike when a motorcar allegedly struck the bike. While the baby died on her way to the hospital following the accident, the man and his wife were both hospitalised in critical condition. The motorcar involved in the accident – a white Fielder wagon – has since been located, but the driver – identified as Avinesh Naidoo of Corriverton, Berbice – remains on the run.
Police have said the owner of the motorcar, Vidawattie Arjune of Crabwood Creek, was contacted, and she provided certain information to aid in the investigation. This relative is calling on the driver to surrender to the police.
“The driver of the car is still at large, but the police (are) trying their best, they are working. We are asking the family to turn this guy in so, we can bring him to justice.”
Tushan’s mother is also appealing to the driver of the car to come forward.
“Turn yourself in. After the accident, you should have come out and help them, but you escape and run away. We are asking you to come out and stop hiding,” she pleaded.
The hunt continues for the driver.