A second-form student of the Linden Foundation Secondary School (LFFS), in Amelia’s Ward, Linden, who died on Saturday at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) where he was in a critical condition after he was knocked down by a teacher last Wednesday, died as a result of a fractured skull and spine.

This is according to a post-mortem which was conducted on him on Monday. Fifteen-year-old pedal cyclist, Derrick Rambharrat, of Speightland, Lower Kara Kara, was flung from his bicycle by a car driven by a female teacher of the Amelia’s Ward Primary School. She remains in custody as a file has been sent to the Director of Public Prosecutions seeking advice on charges.

According to police reports, the accident occurred around 11:40 hrs on the Central Amelia’s Ward access road on Wednesday. Motor car # PTT 4790, driven by the female teacher, was proceeding north along the western side of Amelia’s Ward Access Road at a fast rate of speed when it collided with the bicycle . As a result of the collision, the pedal cyclist received multiple injuries about his body. Eye witnesses related that he received gaping wounds around his neck and was bleeding profusely when he was picked up in an unconscious state and rushed to the Linden Hospital Complex (LHC). He was later transferred to the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC), where he succumbed. According to one eye witness, Rambarrat was riding out of a cross street when he collided head-on with the motor car on the main public road. Investigations are ongoing. Rambarrat was described by teachers as a quiet and mannerly child.