A domestic worker from Bare Root, East Coast Demerara (ECD) was struck down by a speeding motorcyclist while going to help her teenage cousin cross the Melaine Public Road, ECD on Thursday evening.
The motorcyclist reportedly fled the scene immediately after the accident.
Fifty-one-year-old Thriko Liverpool remains hospitalised in serious condition at the Georgetown Public Hospital.
Liverpool’s nephew, Roger Farrell, told Guyana Times that his aunt would visit his home in Melaine daily to attend to him since he was discharged from hospital after surgery.
Liverpool shortly after she was hit by the motorcyclist
On Thursday afternoon, he said Liverpool noticed his 13-year-old son standing across the Melaine Public Road. She instructed him to wait as she attempted to cross the road to reach him, but in the process was struck by a speeding motorcycle.
The impact caused Liverpool to sustain severe injuries, including head trauma and a broken left leg. She was quickly transported to the Georgetown Public Hospital, where she was admitted to the Intensive Care Unit (ICU).
The doctors still trying to see what they can do you never know what these things lead to, Farrell said.
He added that the motorcyclist vanished into the crowd with his motorcycle immediately after the accident. It was not until Liverpool was taken to the hospital that inquiries about the motorcyclist began, but he was nowhere to be found.
The bike that allegedly struck down Thriko Liverpool
Farrell explained that a friend of the motorcyclist who was at a nearby wash bay when the accident occurred provided Police with information. The motorcyclist reportedly left his motorcycle at the car wash and his mother collected him, and they left together.
Police later turned up at his Vigilance, ECD home where his grandmother reported that his parents had taken him to Lethem immediately after the accident.
Farrell expressed frustration, believing the Police were not exerting enough effort to locate the motorcyclist. He hopes the individual is found soon and held accountable for his actions.
