Fourteen-year-old Christopher Pollard, of Enmore, East Coast Demerara (ECD), who survived a tragic accident on Sunday that also killed his brother appears to have lost his memory.
Injured: Christopher Pollard
The teenager and his 16-year-old brother, Sheldon Cleon Major, were struck down by a speeding motor car along the Enmore Public Road.
According to Police, it is unclear exactly what transpired in the fatal crash, since the driver fled the scene, leaving the injured boys on the roadway along with pieces of debris from the vehicle.
However, when emergency services showed up at the scene, one of the young boys was discovered motionless while the other was in a semi-conscious state.
Dead: Sheldon Cleon Major
The teens were found with visible injuries about their heads and bodies and were transported to the Georgetown Public Hospital. The elder brother was pronounced dead on arrival while the younger was admitted to the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) in critical condition.
Family members had told Guyana Times that doctors at the medical facility had given the injured teen 24 hours to live, but he managed to fight his way to partial recovery although his memory was lost.
Speaking with this newspaper on Thursday, the teen’s father, Jermain Peters explained that his son was walking and talking, but has no memory of his family members. “He is also saying things that don’t make sense,” the father related.
“When we went to visit him at the hospital this morning, his words were clear, but his words not making sense. It’s like he is awake and walking and talking, but yet he doesn’t even know what is going on,” the father stressed.
Family members said they were grateful that he was alive, but they were still hopeful he would recover fully. They are also calling on ranks of the Guyana Police Force (GPF) to “do their job”, to bring justice to their family.
Up to press time on Thursday, the Police were yet to arrest the person(s) responsible for the fatal accident.
