The pregnant woman who was rushed to the Georgetown Public Hospital during the wee hours of Friday following a hit-and-run accident has suffered a miscarriage.
The injured Natasia Smartt
The woman, who was four months pregnant, also sustained broken legs, as well as loss of elasticity in her arms and possible brain damage.
Family members of the distraught 31-year old woman, Natasia Smartt, of Lot 8909 Critchlow Street, Tucville, Georgetown, on Monday told Guyana Times that a report of the accident was made on Sunday at the East La Penitence Police Station, where they learnt that someone had confessed to the act.
Smartt’s sister, Natalia McKenzie, said that the family was told that a man turned himself in and was also said to be the person who called for an ambulance following the incident.
A senior Police official confirmed to this newspaper that the 37-year-old suspect of Tucville, Georgetown was the driver of the motor car that struck the woman on Jackson Street, Tucville at 03:30h.
The Police official said that he was expected to be charged shortly, since he was given a breathalyser test which indicated that he was above the legal limit. Investigations into the case are ongoing, given that Smartt is still hospitalised, the official revealed.
McKenzie said that the family was told that the driver said he did not see the woman. She said too that her sister, upon regaining consciousness, told her relatives a blue car had hit her. The relative who made the report said that he saw a blue car at another Police Outpost which looked damaged.
Smartt’s family was initially of the opinion that her injuries were inflicted by someone with whom she had a dispute.
Smartt, who is the mother of a seven-year-old child, resigned from her job as a security guard after she found out she was pregnant.
