| Two-Year-Old OW Child Knocked Down, Truck Owned By DPM Driver |
| Tue, April 22, 2014 |
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Much the same fate could have faced a two-year-old girl who was knocked down in Orange Walk on Thursday. She got hit by a pickup owned by Deputy Prime Minister Gaspar Vega's driver.
Rachel Chan was walking across a street in Trial Farm village to meet her father when a Ford F-150 pickup truck being driven by a 14 year old knocked her down. The toddler received serious injuries and had to be rushed first to the Northern Regional Hospital, and then to the KHMH for emergency surgery. She had injuries to her spleen, intestine and head and was listed in a critical condition. But, after surgery, she has shown steady progress and is now in a stable condition and walking.
As for the 14 year old who was behind the wheel, he will face four charges: driving without due care and attention, negligent grievous harm, driving without a driver's license and failed to report an accident. The owner of the vehicle, who is the Deputy Prime Minister's driver, Chris Hendricks will also be served with a summons for letting the minor drive his vehicle. When we called Hendricks today, he declined comment saying he didn't know about any summons.
And why did he have a 14 year old driving his heavy duty pickup? It seems the teenager had been cleaning Hendricks's yard and came across a good deal of firewood. That's what the teenager's mother uses, so he piled them up into the truck and was taking it to her house when he knocked down the child. Police believe that Hendricks knowingly let the teenager drive his pickup.
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