Berbice pedal cyclist hospitalised after being hit by truck

Fifty-year-old Ramnarine Jagai of Number 77 Village Housing Scheme, Corentyne, Region Six (East Berbice Corentyne), is currently hospitalised with a fractured ankle after he was struck by a truck on Friday.
The incident occurred sometime around 10:15h on the Springlands Public Road. The pedal cyclist was hit by motor lorry GYY 9636, owned and driven by a 34-year-old man from Yakusari South, Black Bush Polder.
Guyana Times understands that Jagai was proceeding north along the western side of the road ahead of the motor lorry. However, as the pedal cyclist approached a motor car that was parked on the western side of the public road, the truck drove up alongside him.

As the motor lorry was passing both the cyclist and the parked car, its left side tray collided with Jagai. As a result of the collision, the pedal cyclist fell onto the road’s surface where he received injuries.
He was picked up in a conscious state by public-spirited persons and taken to the Skeldon Public Hospital, where he was seen and examined by a doctor who treated him. The injured man was subsequently referred to the New Amsterdam Public Hospital, where he is admitted a patient in the Male Surgical Ward having sustained an open fracture to the right ankle.
Meanwhile, a notice of intended prosecution was served on the driver of the motor lorry. A breath analyser test was conducted which recorded zero readings.
The driver is currently in custody assisting with the investigations.
Just four days ago, an elderly man was admitted a patient at the Georgetown Public Hospital after he was reportedly struck down by a minibus along the Better Hope Railway Embankment, East Coast Demerara (ECD).
Both the minibus bearing registration number BXX 9170 and the pedal cyclist were travelling along the roadway when the now injured man attempted to cross the road.
However, a motor car reportedly stopped to allow the elderly man to cross the road but the minibus suddenly overtook the motor car and collided with the pedal cyclist.
The pedal cyclist reportedly fell onto the roadway and received injuries about his body.
He was subsequently picked up and taken to the Georgetown Public Hospital where he was treated and admitted a patient in the male surgical ward suffering from a dislocated hip and punctured right leg.
The minibus driver was later arrested.