“The baby land on the road” – grandfather tells of fatal hit-and-run accident

The allegedly intoxicated driver who caused the life of a toddler to be snuffed out and the mother and father of the toddler to sustain injuries in a hit-and-run accident on Sunday evening is still in hiding; but police are still on the hunt for Avinesh Naidoo.
Ganesh Gamanie, called ‘Zigie’, grandfather of the dead infant, who explained that the couple: 19-year-old Kavita Bedesee and 17-year-old Tushan Surujnarine, were on their way to Skeldon to purchase food, and had nine-month-old Ellie Surujnarine with them on a motorcycle, has detailed that, “On their way, a speeding car come and hit the motorcycle from the back. As a result, the wife pitched in the air, he pitched in the air, and the baby land on the road.”
Police have since said the three injured persons were rushed to the Skeldon Hospital, from whence they were transferred to the New Amsterdam Hospital, before the mother and child were subsequently transferred to the Georgetown Public Hospital, but the infant died while being transported there on Monday.
The infant’s mother remains in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of the Georgetown Public Hospital, while the infant’s father is in critical condition at the New Amsterdam Public Hospital.
Meanwhile, police have said that investigations revealed that the electric cycle was proceeding north along the western side of Line Path Road when its riders suddenly felt an impact on the rear of the cycle which caused them to fall on the roadway and sustain injuries.
The car has since been located by police, but the driver has not yet been arrested.
“The driver of the car is still in hiding. We found the car at the side of Alvin house. The police took the owner of the car into custody, and the man that was harbouring this criminal act they took into custody, but because the police did not find them under any criminal act, they had to release them,” the grandfather revealed. (G4)