Teen remains in serious condition after being hit by speeding minibus

Sixteen-year-old Vishwanauth Doodnauth of Lot 126 Dr Miller Street, Triumph, East Coast Demerara (ECD), who was struck down by a minibus along the Mon Repos Public Road about a week ago has been discharged from the hospital but he is not showing signs of improvement.
His grandmother, Hansrajie Jagrup, told Guyana Times on Sunday that her grandson’s condition remains the same.
“He is still not responding; he is moving his eyes a little bit. He was discharged from the hospital and still not moving and so. Tomorrow (today) we have to take him back to the hospital to do another scan,” she said.
The family is still hopeful that the teen recovers soon.
It was reported that on the day of the accident, Doodnauth and his younger brother were on separate bicycles riding home when he was struck by the speeding minibus.
As a result of the collision, the teenager fell onto the roadway and sustained injures about his body.
Police said the minibus stopped and several persons exited to render assistance but while doing so, the driver sped away. The said minibus was found abandoned on the Mon Repos Public Road with damages consistent with the accident.
The teenager was picked up in an unconscious state by public-spirited citizens and taken to Georgetown Public Hospital where he was admitted a patient in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) suffering from intracranial haemorrhage (bleeding in the skull).
The following day, the owner of the minibus, Quincy Trotman, 37, of Dochfour Housing Scheme, ECD, turned up at the Beterverwagting Police Station where he identified himself as the driver of the minibus at the time of the accident.
The Police are yet to institute charges.