‘Buried’ boy leaves hospital

LITTLE Brandon Douglas who, along with his step father, was buried under almost ten feet of dirt after a cesspit caved on them over a week ago, walked out of the San Fernando General Hospital with a broad smile on his face yesterday. He immediately led his stepfather, Dexter Watson, to a vendor’s stall outside the hospital’s gate to purchase a bag of preserved fruit. Clutching his snack, Brandon and his step-father headed towards the Moruga maxi-taxi stand. They resisted speaking with Newsday saying they had had enough media publicity.

The freak accident occurred at Fort George Road on May 10, as Brandon stood on top of the mud embankment of the cesspit trench watching Watson working in the open trench. As the mud caved in on him, Brandon collapsed into the hole, and he and Watson were trapped inside the trench. Brandon was completely buried under the dirt, and Watson was covered from the neck down. Brandon regained consciousness two days after the incident and had been warded in critical condition at the hospital’s Intensive Care Unit. Watson, 33, suffered chest and shoulder injuries.