Pedestrian struck down by drunken driver

Ricardo Narine, a 40-year-old pedestrian of Pay Office Street, Enterprise, East Coast Demerara (ECD), is now hospitalised after he was struck down by a motor car being driven by a drunken driver.
Reports are that the accident occurred at about 19:45h along the Good Hope Public Road, ECD, and involved Narine and a 63-year-old male of Non Pareil, ECD, who was driving motorcar PNN 2435 at the time.
According to Police reports, the motorcar was proceeding east along the northern drive lane of the northern carriageway of the Good Hope Public Road when, as alleged by the driver, the pedestrian – who was clad in dark clothing – walked across the road from north to south and into the path of his vehicle.
The driver claimed that upon seeing the pedestrian, he applied brakes, but despite his efforts, the front of his motor vehicle struck the pedestrian, causing him to fall on the roadway and sustain injuries to his head and about his body.
Narine was picked up in an unconscious state by the EMTs, and taken to the Georgetown Public Hospital, where a doctor on duty listed his condition as stable.
A breathalyzer test conducted on the driver of the motorcar revealed that the level of alcohol in his system was well over the limit allowed while driving. He has been taken into Police custody.