Four days after 18-year-old Elijah Bollers died in an accident at Delph Street, Campbellville, Georgetown, his father remains devastated as he tries to come to grips with reality.
Dead: Elijah Bollers
Verron Bollers in an interview with Guyana Times on Friday posited that his now dead son was his “everything”
On Tuesday, the young Bollers was reportedly heading home from work on his motorcycle at a fast rate of speed when he lost control and collided with a motor car bearing registration number HC 1527. It is believed that the driver of the motor car failed to adhere to a stop sign thus resulting in the collision.
As a result, Bollers was flung off his motorcycle and landed on the roadway. He was picked up and taken to the Georgetown Public Hospital (GPH), where he succumbed while undergoing emergency surgery.
With tears in his eyes, his distraught father recalled receiving the news of his son’s death when he returned from work.
“Somebody came to the house and tell me that my son lying on the road unconscious and that he was struck down. By the time I reach the scene, he was already taken to the hospital so I went there and they told me that my son came in bleeding and they were unable to save him.”
The teen’s father explained that he is not just struggling with the reality of his son’s death, but also with the thought of how he would be able to foot the expenses for the funeral.
“I am distraught, I am broken, I don’t even know what to think… that little boy was my promise. I am dying, I am dying for my little son. I am dying since my son died. I suffer from low blood pressure and I weed people yard for a living. I can’t even go to work because I wouldn’t be able to focus. I can’t handle it. I don’t even have money to bury him,” the man cried.
Since the accident, neither the driver of the motor car nor any of his family members visited the grieving family. He noted that he is waiting to get “word” from the police on how they will deal with the matter.
The teen’s father also expressed disappointment, as he revealed that his son was relieved of his valuables on the day of the accident by persons who went to assist.
“There is a video which showed a guy holding my son after he was hit down. The guy took my son’s money – about $270,000 and a phone valued $160,000… When I went to the man’s house, he told me that he threw away the phone but when I went in the yard, I saw the phone on his table”, the father explained.
He further stated, “It is so sad. You are gonna thief money from a guy that is on his last?”
Bollers described his son as a remarkable and loving child who was on the path of achieving great things in his life.
“He wasn’t studying, but he was in the process of building a house, and he was just 18.” He called on the police to bring the person responsible for this son’s death to justice since he believes that the young man who was full of life did not deserve to die.
