Corentyne fisherman recovering from injuries, seeks justice after car accident

Sixty-one-year-old fisherman Jagdat Bridgemohan of Third Street, Letter Kenny, Corentyne (Region Six), is now recovering from serious injuries he sustained following a road accident in October. The father of three is calling for justice as he continues to endure the physical and emotional effects of the ordeal.
Bridgemohan recalled that on the evening of October 23, 2025, he was hit by a car that had veered onto the wrong side of the road and crashed into him as he stood waiting for transportation to get home.

The incident has left him with multiple broken bones and unable to walk.
On the day of the incident, Bridgemohan said he was asked by his wife to pick up something at a nearby supermarket.
When he left the supermarket situated at Port Mourant along the Corentyne Highway, he was on the road shoulder waiting to get a vehicle to take him back home when the vehicle slammed into him without warning.
“When I stop a vehicle to go home, a car coming from the Port Mourant side come and hit me. It knock me down. After that, I didn’t know nothing; I get unconscious. When I catch myself, I in the car trunk lock down. I start to holla and then take my one foot and start to kick the car door, and somebody open the trunk, and I come out,” he recounted, still visibly shaken as he spoke from his home where he has been recuperating.
The fisherman explained that after the accident, he was rushed to the Port Mourant Hospital but lost consciousness before he arrived and was later transferred to the New Amsterdam Hospital, where he remained for several weeks. He sustained multiple injuries, including a broken leg, shoulder, jaw, and rib, in addition to severe lacerations which required sutures.
“I can’t move around to do anything for myself. I have to depend on my family for everything: bathing, eating, even turning in bed,” he said.
Bridgemohan, who has been a fisherman for over three decades, recalled that the incident not only left him physically scarred but also took away his ability to work and provide for his family.
From the age of nine, he started going to the high seas to earn a living as a fisherman. In early 2023, he stopped, but continued as a fisherman plying his trade by catching fish just off the beaches off the Central Corentyne Coast.
The father of three now depends entirely on relatives for his daily needs. Weeks after the crash, he says no one has been held accountable, and he has never seen or heard of the driver.
“Fishing is all I know. That is what I depend on to look after my family,” he lamented.
His wife, who has been caring for him since the accident, said the family has been struggling financially as their main source of income has been cut off. “It hard on us,” she explained.
Meanwhile, Regional Police Commander Assistant Commissioner Shivpersaud Bacchus says the Police are in the process of preparing a file on the incident which will be sent for legal advice on the way forward.
Bridgemohan says he hopes those responsible will be brought to justice soon.