PARENTS’ worst nightmare is the fear of something happening to their child, but for the Hall family, May 25, 2019, was that day when their 18-year-old son was left unconscious, due to him being injured in a hit-and-run accident along Regent Street and Avenue of the Republic, Georgetown.

On May 25, 2019, Bariel Hall was out at a J’ouvert party during the carnival season enjoying himself. On his way home in the wee hours of the morning, he was struck down by a silver-coloured motor car while crossing the road at the intersection of Regent Street and Avenue of the Republic.

Hall was thrown in the air and landed on the road surface, while the driver of the motor car failed to assist him. Public-spirited persons summoned the Guyana Fire Service ambulance and Hall was rushed to the Georgetown Public Hospital in an unconscious state. The teen sustained head injuries and a broken left leg.

According to Bariel’s father Barrington Hall, who spoke to this publication from his son’s bedside on Tuesday, after his son failed to come home that day he filed a missing person’s report on May 26, 2019, at the Sophia Police Station and was advised to check the hospital.

“I go to the receptionist at the emergency unit and she told me that two males came in that morning as unknown and identified him. I saw my son in the intensive care all hooked up with everything,” Mr. Hall said.

The driver of the vehicle involved in the accident was later arrested by the police after attempting to hide the damaged motor car in Grove, East Bank Demerara. He was taken into police custody and was released on $100,000 station bail with report conditions, as the investigation into the matter is continuing.

The father explained that two months after the accident, his son is breathing with the aid of a tube in this throat, is unresponsive and showing little sign of improvement.

“That guy lying down there, if you call him by his name he cannot answer you, because he don’t know what’s going on around him. The only thing that he gives is an occasional movement, and according to the doctor, that is his reaction from his brains” the man said, as he pointed to his son.

The father explained that his son was discharged from the hospital twice, but he refused to take him home given his condition.

“You know what the worst fear is? It is night time, cause suppose something happens to him and we are not here because it is not visiting hours,” Mr Hall stressed.

The man explained that he was shocked at the hospital’s decision, since he and his wife had no experience of caring for someone in his son’s condition.

“This is not a sight to look at! It’s heart-wrenching,” Mr Hall said as he looked at his son. The father explained that whatever money he earns goes to care for his ailing son. “The little that I am working for, is how we managing.”

According to the teen’s father, neither the driver of the vehicle nor his relatives have contacted him or even visited his son in the hospital, to check on his condition.

“ I know my son will get up and walk again, God is the last physician,” he declared, as he stressed that Bariel will get better.

The father explained that he is not hearing from the police on the progress of their investigation and is calling on the relevant authorities to look into his plea for justice and help.

PERSONS DESIROUS OF ASSISTING THE HALL FAMILY IN ANY WAY CAN CONTACT THEM ON CELLPHONE NUMBER +592-651-5994