TWO cousins are currently warded at the Georgetown Public Hospital (GPH) with head and multiple other injuries, after being knocked off their pedal cycle by a speeding mini-bus on the Diamond Public Road on Saturday night.

The victims are : Sudesh Moore, 31 and Alex Sahadeo 14, both of 14 Big Diamond, Block ‘X’, East Bank Demerara.
Sudesh, a construction worker was at the time towing his cousin Alex, and recalled that around 19:00 hrs they were returning home after going to a nearby shop to buy potatoes for their grandmother , when an “out-of-control” mini-bus, said to be driven by a drunken driver, struck them from behind and left them prostrate on the roadway.
Sudesh suffered a fracture to his head; fracture to the right knee, as well as abrasions to the right and left hands. Alex, on the other hand, suffered a fractured shoulder and fractured right foot.
Public- spirited residents on the roadway picked the injured young men up and placed them in a taxi which transported them to the Diamond Diagnostic Centre . There they were stabilized and later transferred to the Georgetown Public Hospital.
Police visited the scene of the accident, apprehended and took the allegedly drunken driver into custody. An investigation into the accident is under way.