Man crictical after hit in head by vagrant

Relatives told Newsday he suffered a fractured skull and bruises to the brain. At the time of the incident the father of two of Malabar, Arima was driving on Pro Queen Street, Arima when the sudden blow to the head caused him to lose control of the car.

The stone, Newsday was told, crashed through the driver’s side window and landed in the trunk of the AD station wagon.

His friend Shevaughn Jones, who was a front seat passenger, was able to grab the steering wheel and subsequently ditched the vehicle in a nearby drain. Jones suffered a dislocated shoulder, head injuries and other burns and bruises as a result of the airbags being deployed. The incident happened just after two o’clock last week Thursday. The family is now praying for his recovery.

Relatives said Sunday was the first time since the incident that he woke up. He is now breathing on his own but doctors told them he is not yet out of the woods. And as if dealing with the injury was not bad enough, relatives said during the melee, someone stole $1,100 from George’s pocket. The money was to purchase books and groceries for the opening of school.

Up to yesterday, police had not yet detained the homeless suspect who, relatives said, has gone into hiding. He is said to be well known to the police and people of Arima. The suspect has been identified as the “man who strips himself naked in the streets.” Speaking with Newsday yesterday, George’s fiancee Aariann Blackman called for the authorities to find a home in the borough for the homeless. “He could have killed someone,” the distraught mother of two said.

“Right now I could have been planning a funeral and my children, fatherless because of the homeless roaming the streets.

They have to try to get this man arrested and hear from him why he did that. He plays mad in the road but since Thursday he in hiding so it come as if he know what he did.” She said there is enough land in Arima to build a shelter. She is even more worried as to how she and their two children would “make out” as George, who works as an operations manager at a car rental company, is the breadwinner in the family. She said she recently quit her job to take care of their children who are seven and three years old.

She told Newsday relatives have since been contacted by Arima Mayor Lisa Morris and a full investigation launched into the matter.

Arima police are also investigating.