Six-year-old boy critical after truck runs into him
Police have launched a manhunt for the driver of a truck which slammed into a six-year-old boy while he was bathing at a standpipe opposite his Princes Town home yesterday. Sean Ramsaroop, who sustained serious head and chest injuries, underwent emergency surgery at the San Fernando General Hospital. He is listed in a critical condition. It was about 12.30 pm yesterday that the driver was proceeding along Bueno Intento Road in the vicinity of Glenroy Settlement. A report stated that the driver went too close to the edge of the road and the truck almost capsized. The man reportedly lost control of the truck which swerved across to the other lane. According to the report, the truck slammed into Ramsaroop who was bathing at the standpipe with his cousin. The child was pitched into the air. On impact, the report stated, the driver jumped out of the truck and ran off. Ramsaroop’s relatives rushed the unconscious child to the hospital. The owner of the truck told police that the man took the truck without his permission to purchase something to eat. He told police the man was returning to the business place when the incident occurred. Princes Town police are continuing investigations.
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