AN 18-year-old porter working on a lumber truck at Kwakwani, Region 10, was on Saturday night rushed to the Georgetown Public Hospital nursing a fractured jawbone and multiple injuries to his mouth.The young man who does not wish to be publicly identified had just finished loading timber onto the truck and the hasper was in the process of strapping the timber in position when it snapped, backfired and struck him under the chin.
He was initially rushed to the Linden Hospital Complex, then later transferred to the Georgetown Public Hospital. An X-ray done there revealed that the chin was broken and some teeth dislodged as well.
The teen remains warded at the Georgetown Public Hospital and is to have corrective surgery done soonest.