MYSTERY surrounds the injuries suffered by a 26-year-old pedal cyclist who crashed on the Ann’s Grove Public Road last Sunday as he was cycling home. Mark Allen, a labourer, of Hope, East Coast Demerara, was on Sunday afternoon returning home from Ann’s Grove when he lost control of the cycle he was riding and crashed, resulting in severe injuries to his face and head.

He is now warded at the Georgetown Public Hospital, where doctors are working ‘round the clock’ to come up with a prognosis of his condition. The patient’s face and head are badly bruised and he complains of pains and ‘electrical shocks’ to the lower arms, as well as neck, which is fitted with a brace.
However, although several tests and scans have been administered to determine the extent of injuries suffered, mystery seems to surround the case and the pains continue unabated.
The patient was first examined and had two X-rays done at the Mahaicony Cottage Hospital (MCH), then he was later transferred to the GPHC where he was given about six more X-Rays which, so far, have revealed nothing.
Meanwhile, the patient remains under close medical surveillance and doctors are now examining the possibility he might have suffered a pinched nerve. (Shirley Thomas)