9-month-old baby dies in hit and run accident

…parents hospitalised; driver identified, on the run

Police are investigating a hit-and-run accident that occurred on Sunday evening, which has left a nine-month-old baby dead and her parents hospitalised.
Dead is Eli Surujnarine.
Reports are that the accident occurred at about 18:30h on Line Path Public Road in Corentyne, Berbice.
According to police, the accident involved a white Fielder wagon and an electric cycle. At the time of the collision, Eli’s father, 17-year-old Tushan Surujnarine, was riding the electric cycle with his wife, 19-year-old Kavita Bedsan, and their baby, Eli, as pillion riders.

Preliminary investigations reveal that the cycle was traveling north along the western side of Line Path Road when Tushan felt a sudden impact from behind. This impact caused him, along with his wife and baby, to fall onto the roadway, sustaining injuries. They were quickly picked up in an unconscious state and transported to the Skeldon Public Hospital, where they were treated and subsequently referred to the New Amsterdam Public Hospital. The family were transferred to the Georgetown Public Hospital, but Eli died on the way, at about 09:45h on Monday.
The vehicle involved in the accident, a white Fielder wagon, has been located by police. However, the driver, identified as Avinesh Naidoo of Corriverton, Berbice, remains on the run. The owner of the vehicle, Vidawattie Arjune of Crabwood Creek, has been contacted and is assisting with the investigation.
The parents of the deceased baby, Tushan Surujnarine and Kavita Bedsan, remain hospitalized in serious condition.