A THIRTY-FIVE-YEAR-OLD labourer, known only as ‘Patrick’, of Capoey Village on the Essequibo Coast, narrowly escaped death yesterday morning after a speeding car, that was  overtaking another vehicle on the Capoey Public Road, knocked him off the bicycle he was riding and sped away.

Reports said the man, who is now hospitalised, was picked up in an unconsciousness state and rushed to the Suddie Hospital where he remains a patient.
Speaking from his hospital bed, the injured man said that after the vehicle struck him, he lost consciousness and only awoke hours later.
He said God has saved his life because the driver who hit him did not even stop to offer assistance but left him to die.
Patrick, who suffered a fractured right arm, said it will be difficult for him to work and earn money for his family during the festive season.