Driver hospitalised after hitting teen on Corentyne highway

On person is now hospitalised with a fractured pelvis after the car he was driving hit a teenager and slammed into a parked vehicle on Valentine’s Day.
Injured is Tateram Karan, 42, of Meida Farm Village, Corentyne, Region Six (East Berbice-Corentyne).
According to the Police, Karan was driving his motor car, PYY 5425, at a fast rate of speed on Friendship Public Road heading in the same direction as the 18-year-old pedestrian when he hit the teen’s left arm, causing her to fall onto the roadway. The car then collided with a lorry parked on the parapet. Both Karan and the teen were taken to Port Mourant Public Hospital. Karan was transferred to the New Amsterdam Public Hospital where he was admitted as a patient suffering from a fractured right pelvis. (G15)