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Nov 08, 2012 News
Following an accident on Joseph Pollydore Street, Lodge, on September 12, last, 11-year-old Jenell Hoosein has been bedridden. Her battered body still bears the scars of the accident.
She does not remember much but the painful scars and the dislocated parts of her body are reminders that she is not an active and productive child.
According to her father, Dexter Hoosein, the matter is currently in the courts. The family was contacted once. Hoosein is still curious about any developments into the case.
Trying to contain his tears, Hoosein said that he is fearful of the matter being swept under the carpet, affording his daughter’s perpetrator full freedom while she is confined to a settee and her bed.
Reports are that Jenell was making her way across the road in front of their Lot 61 Joseph Pollydore Street home when she was struck and dragged along the road by a speeding minibus bearing licence plate number PHH 6010.
The child’s stepmother reportedly witnessed the accident.
“I was right on the veranda looking at her. I watched how she looked left, right and again. This bus just came out of nowhere and slammed into the child. I just left speechless. I see her under this bus being dragged till to the shop.”
The accident occurred while Jenell was returning home from a nearby shop at around 15:00 hours on that day.
A report issued by the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation where young Hoosein was treated, revealed that she suffered “severe head injuries…” and fracture/dislocation of the left clavicle.” She also suffered a broken finger.
Dexter Hoosein said that the child who had dreams of becoming an independent woman is now dependent on her stepmother to complete her every task. She is unable to do the simplest thing for herself.
Relatives say that it is a norm for the minibus operators to drive at an unusual speed during the rush hour.
Jenell’s family is doubtful that she will be able to attend school again; or even walk.
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