INJURED: Davendra Kuralall

AN OUTING to a creek along the Soesdyke/Linden Highway turned tragic when a 16-year-old lad took a dangerous plunge into the water and injured himself.

Davendra Kuralall, of Lot 405 Non Pariel, East Coast Demerara, a student of Enterprise Government School is now in serious condition at Georgetown Public Hospital (GPH).

Since the Sunday afternoon incident, he has been complaining of severe pains in the head and neck and loss of feelings on his right side but his parents are anxiously awaiting the results of x-rays taken of the patient.

The teen’s father, Jeetendra Kuralall said his son left home on Sunday morning, with a group of young men from the neighbourhood, for a trip to Splashmin’s Fun Park.

The man said, around 13:30 h, Davendra apparently misjudged the depth and plunged headlong into shallow water.

He was rushed to Diamond Diagnostic Centre, on East Bank Demerara, in an unconscious state, according to what his father was told by one of his son’s friends.

But Davendra was discharged from there and an uncle found him helpless at home, with a prescription from that institution to get some tablets.

However, realising his worsening condition, relatives took Davendra to the GPH.

He is one of two victims of creek plunges.

The other, 53-year-old Donald Blake, of Lot 57 Uitvlugt, West Coast Demerara, suffered injuries after plunging into another creek at a different resort, on Sunday, too.

His situation is also being monitored at the GPH.