Paralysed teen released from hospital

Annandale accident

…family offered $3M to settle case

One month after being struck by a speeding minibus along the Annandale Public Road, East Coast Demerara (ECD), 16-year-old Reaz Shaw of Lot 35 Annandale Public Road, ECD is paralysed from the waist down. This was confirmed by the teen’s father Yacoob Shaw, who spoke with Guyana Times on Saturday.
Shaw, a security guard attached to the Agriculture Ministry stated that his son was discharged from the Georgetown Public Hospital on Friday but there has been no signs of improvement in his son’s condition ever since the accident.
“Right now he can’t do nothing, he can’t talk, can’t walk, can’t eat, we does gah feed he with a tube. He could only use liquids like soup and juice and suh,” the father stated.
Shaw, told this publication that even though it’s been a difficult task financially for the family to take care of the teen they are just hoping and praying for the best at this time.
Further the man explained that while his son was still hospitalised, relatives of the minibus driver, who hit him down visited them and offered a sum of money to compensate the teenager.
“De man family come and say how they want give we 3 million… we have to get money to buy thing for him and we have to travel and all them things. We been doing that since the accident happen, dah is nah no money man,” the father said.
“They come with a lawyer and telling me tek the money that they offering but that can’t compensate we,” he explained.
The teen’s mother Zahida Hussain also related that Shaw – the last of four children – has been diagnosed with brain haemorrhaging (bleeding in the brain), lung injuries and also several fractured bones.
According to her, the doctors have confirmed that as a result of the severe head injuries he is not responding.
The minibus involved in the accident fled the scene after the accident.

Days after, it was located covered in tarpaulin under a house at Mon Repos, ECD.
The driver of the minibus has since gone into the hiding. He was identified as a Chinese national. Police sources confirmed that the suspect might have absconded to Suriname.
On December 10, 2018, Shaw and his friend, Karmachand Khemraj went to a nearby shop to make a purchase and on their way back on their motorcycle, they were struck from behind by a white Toyoto Hiace Pitbull minibus. The minibus drove away from the scene.
Both young men were rushed to the GPHC where Khemraj died while receiving medical attention.
Following the accident, the Chinese Association reportedly approached the relatives of the dead teenager and offered them $1.5 million but the family has since refused as well.