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Jul 08, 2009 News
Forty-seven-year-old Lilowtie Persaud finally succumbed to her injuries after clinging to life for the past three weeks.
Reports are that Persaud died some time after 11:00 hours yesterday while a patient at the Georgetown Public Hospital’s Intensive Care Unit.
On Sunday the woman was transferred from the Hospital’s female surgical ward to the Intensive Care Unit after her condition reached the stage where doctors had given relatives little hope.
Since being transferred to the ICU, the woman was said to be on life support as she continued to slip in and out on consciousness.
The woman was struck down three Sundays ago by a car, which was driven by an unlicensed 16-year-old.
Following the incident Persaud was left paralyzed from below the neck.
The woman’s brother, Vijai Manohar, had told Kaieteur News that he was sitting outside his yard when the accident happened. He said that his sister was standing behind him watching him play, when a car that was coming from a westerly direction suddenly veered out of control.
The car had missed the domino players and picked up Persaud and deposited her in a nearby drain.
Manohar said that the car uprooted an almond tree before coming to a halt after crashing into a concrete fence. Meanwhile the driver of the car was initially charged for unlicensed and dangerous driving.
He was denied bail in the Magistrates Court. However the teen’s lawyer did manage to secure bail in the High Court to the tune of $300,000.
Now with Persaud’s death the teen is likely to be charged for causing death by dangerous driving.
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