AN unidentified pedestrian was seriously injured in the wee hours of Friday morning, after he was struck down by a vehicle on the Railway Embankment at Liliendaal, East Coast Demerara. Police received a report of the accident at 02:10 hours and later found licence plate PZZ 1276 at the scene. The identity of the driver of the vehicle involved in the accident is unknown. Reports disclosed that it appears that the pedestrian, who is about 60 years old, was walking along the southern side of Railway Embankment when he was struck by a motor vehicle that was proceeding in an unknown direction and later drove away. As a result of the collision, the pedestrian fell onto the road surface and received injuries about his body. He was then picked up by Emergency Medical Technicians (EMTs) personnel in an unconscious condition and taken to the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation where he was seen and examined by a doctor on duty and later admitted a patient in the Accident Emergency Unit Critical Bay suffering from broken legs and lacerations to his head and about his body.

Investigations into the accident are ongoing.