Last night at 8:15, a speeding car knocked down a Ladyville couple - and a drunk driver may be to blame.
Leila Kelly and her boyfriend Policaro Asi were walking on the left shoulder of the Northern Highway from Lords Bank to Marage Road, when a Geo Prism driven by Raymond Codd Sr, lost control and charged towards them from the opposite direction.
They were both knocked down and Asi's bicycle which he was walking was snapped in two. Both were rushed to the KHMH - where I spoke to Asi's sister about his condition:
Filberta Ico, sister of Policario Assi
"My brother usual routine when he come from work - his girlfriend works at La Popular Bakery in Ladyville and every day he goes to pick up his girlfriend and I understand that when they were coming home and in front of technical there is a curve there - they saw a vehicle spinning out of control and he pushed her out of the way so that she doesn't get the full impact. He got all the impact and he was in a very critical condition last night."
"One of his lungs had collapse, his knee is broken, his wrists; they are not sure if it is broken as yet. There is no internal bleeding but he looks stable at the moment but we can't determine as yet because they are still doing further tests on his."
"As yet we have not heard from the police. They have not come to see my brother, to see what his condition is to make a proper report. We haven't seen any of that being done. We right now are questioning if this driver was drunk or what are the details but I guess it shouldn't have to be that we go to them to find out the details. They should have the decency enough to come and to see the patient to see how he is doing and put it in their reports that this person doesn't gets away."
"I think persons like these driving under the influence or reckless driving license should not be renewed or should not give their license to never drive on the street again because if they are reckless already what about the next time."
"We are so lucky. Last night was very emotional for all of us and we just are grateful to everyone out there that assisted us last night. The brave thing about it is that his girlfriend even though she got all these injuries, she came running all the way from in front of the school all the way home to inform us that my brother got hit and I think she was courageous and strong enough to do that because if that wasn't done we wouldn't have heard about it until they reach here."
The driver Raymond Codd was detained Pending charge of Drove Motor Vehicle without due care and attention, drove an unlicensed motor vehicle drove motor vehicle with alcohol concentration above the prescribed limit and two counts negligent harm.
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