A 45-YEAR-OLD woman and her 16-year-old son are currently nursing serious injuries at the New Amsterdam Hospital and the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) respectively after they were struck by a motorcar Sunday night on the Palmyra Road, East Berbice, Corentyne.

The driver, who was said to be under the influence of alcohol, then fled the scene, but was subsequently nabbed by the police.
At around 19:30hrs on Sunday, Joshua Ramlakhan and his mother, Latchmie Armogan, were walking home when they were both hit by the car and flung into a nearby canal.
A sibling, Ganesh Ramlakhan, 21, told the Guyana Chronicle that he and some friends were on the culvert gaffing when they noticed two vehicles, a white wagon and another car, approaching at a fast rate.

He said the cars appeared to be racing, and when they approached the turn, one of the vehicles drove through the back road, while the other drove through the public road.
“Me and some friends were out gaffing, and my small brother was with we. My mother then come and collect he, and when they were walking back, Joshua bend down for something, and a car was coming in full speed,” Ganesh said, adding:

“I hear an impact, but didn’t see any of them, then I realize the car hit them and throw them in the canal.”
He noted that the car then turned around and headed in the same direction from which it came.
“I know he hit something, because, like I see somebody fly out the car, and went in the canal, but I didn’t focus that it was my mother and brother,” the lad related.
“I then tell meh friends,” he said, “my mother them get hit, ‘cause I didn’t see any of them…”
With that, he said, he sprang into action. “I just jump in the canal and start feel fuh she; meh bring she up, but I didn’t find my brother, so two other guys jump in also and help look fuh he.”
He explained that because of the impact, his younger brother’s head was stuck in the mud at the bottom of the canal.
Both mother and son were rushed to the New Amsterdam Hospital, but the latter was later transferred to the GPHC, where he is said to be in a critical condition. Their mother, however, though in the ICU, is said to be responding well to treatment.
Meanwhile, the driver of the motorcar, HB 6144, was subsequently arrested as police officers were alerted about the accident. He was reportedly under the influence of alcohol, and was expected to face several charges yesterday, including failing to render assistance and driving under the influence of alcohol.
His car was impounded at the Central Police Station in New Amsterdam.
Also in the Berbice area, a 45-year-old motorcyclist died Sunday of injuries he sustained when he was struck by a motor lorry on the Number 70 Public Road.
That accident reportedly occurred at around 10:00hrs, resulting in the death of Jewram Khublalchand.
According to reports, the lorry driver was attempting to overtake the motorcyclist when the biker was struck by the rear of the lorry.
Khublalchand was rushed to the Skeldon Hospital where he subsequently died.