A ROUTE 40 minibus conductor remains in a critical condition in the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC), one month after being struck down by a speeding motorcar at the corner of Sheriff and Duncan Streets, Campbellville.The accident happened on May 17 last and the victim is 31-year-old Rajesh Ragbeer of 76 Sheriff Street, Campbellville, a father of four. He suffered injuries to his spine and multiple fractures to his limbs. He also complains of having lost sensation in his back and leg, consistent with paralysis of that region.
Ragbeer recalled that it was shortly after midday and he had just signalled to his driver that he would like to be put off at the corner of Duncan and Sheriff Streets to buy something to eat. When the driver turned out of Duncan Street and was proceeding south along Sheriff Street, he stopped the bus and the conductor got off.
Ragbeer said as he was about to cross the road, a motorcar travelling in the same direction ploughed into him and struck him down. The badly injured Ragbeer was picked up by his driver and other passengers in the bus, and rushed to the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation.
The injured man said the motorist who struck him down visited him in hospital twice and promised to enter into a settlement. However, that promise is still unfulfilled.
Ragbeer, whose parents are both dead, said he would like his sister and brother who both live on the East Coast Demerara to know about his accident and that he is hospitalised.
His sister’s name is Elizabeth Persaud, also called ‘Asha’ of Better Hope, and his brother’s name is Ganesh Latchman, also called ‘Sonno’ of Clonbrook, Ann’s Grove, East Coast Demerara.

By Shirley Thomas