A MOTOR mechanic has had his right instep surgically amputated following an accident with a speeding motor car on the Bagotstown Public Road last Saturday.

The victim, 45-year-old Christopher Holder, (Snr.) of 39 Section “B”, Block “X” Diamond, told the Guyana Chronicle that around 15:20 hrs, he was riding his sport bike Yamaha R6 motorcycle CG 8891along the Bagotstown Public Road, East Bank Demerara, and was heading towards M&M Snackette when the accident happened.

Holder recalls that as he was in the vicinity of the former KFC Restaurant, he looked around and saw that the road was clear. He said he continued riding and suddenly heard the screeching of tyres behind him. The next thing he knew was that he was knocked clean off his motorcycle and on impact was thrown prostrate on the roadway and his bike was on him.
The injured man lay on the road for quite sometime, according to witnesses, before being picked up and taken to hospital. Eventually an elderly man stopped and with the help of the errant motorist, placed the injured mechanic into his car and rushed him to the Accident and Emergency(A&E) Unit of the Georgetown Public Hospital (GPH).
He was later taken to the theatre where doctors amputated the instep. The tarsals, metatarsals and phalanges were crushed beyond repair and so had to be amputated in order to save the entire leg becoming gangrenous.
However, he was taken back to the theatre yesterday for further surgery.
Following the accident, the motorist was taken into police custody.