Two teenagers are now hospitalised after the motorcycle was hit by a car driver, who claimed that they hit the back of his car and rode away.
Those injured are 18-year-old Jainarine Rampersaud, a mechanic of Lot 223 Area ‘R’ Ankerville Port Mourant, Corentyne and 15-year-old Stephon Verrapen also of Port Mourant.
At the time of the incident on Sunday evening, Verrapen was the pillion rider.
The incident occurred at Hampshire, Corentyne, Region Six (East Berbice-Corentyne).
The two were taken to the Port Morant Hospital and subsequently transferred to the New Amsterdam Public Hospital. However, Rampersaud was subsequently transferred to the Georgetown Post Public Hospital and according to relatives, up to Monday afternoon, he remained unresponsive.
The motorcycle at the scene of the accident
At the scene of the incident, villagers said that they were told by the driver of the car, PAG 6823, who had armed himself with a cutlass, that he was driving along the Corentyne Highway when the motorcycle, CN 9498, rode up from behind and hit his car damaging the rear lights in the process.
“And they did not stop,” the car driver was recorded on video telling villagers.
However, the driver said he gave chase and eventually caught up with the motorcycle.
“I chase them and they turn through this street over there and come down to the back here,” he said in the recording.
Regional Commander Senior Superintendent Shivpersaud Bacchus told this publication that the driver is currently in custody and the investigation continues. (G4)
