Child hospitalised in pedestrian knockdown

Central American Boulevard near its approach to the Belcan Bridge was the scene of a traffic accident this afternoon that has left a little girl with serious injuries to her head and both legs. News Five met the man who picked her up and took her to the hospital in the same vehicle that knocked her down. James Neal said normally he would be at home in Mullins River Village but at around three this afternoon he was at the right spot at the right time. Neal says he was coming through Peter Seco Street towards the Boulevard when the incident unfolded before his eyes.

James Neal, Rescued Traffic Accident Victim
“The person just knock down the lee gial and the lee gial gone under the car and same time I di come up and everybody run gone and lift up the car and they neva want pick up ah off a h the ground, off ah the street so I pick up ah and get eena the car and bring ah da hospital. The lee gial going back probably through WASA the same lane weh I come from. Cause da cross deh di cross, cross WASA or they going down from Mahogany Street.”

Marion Ali
“So she mi di cross the Boulevard?”

James Neal
“Yeah, well she … da all ah them, da lotta them middi cross but some cross and she mi left behind probably and the car—same time the car di move off she run in front ah it.”

Marion Ali
“And the car di come from how?”

James Neal
“From down coming up to Belcan Bridge. Ih get bad hurt ah know but if ih live that woulda be good too. Cause I got daughter and she go da school and I wouldn’t want that happen to she none at all.”

The little girl, seven year old Derika Castillo of Police Street, is being attended to at the Accident and Emergency section at the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital. We understand she’s a student of Central Christian School on Freetown Road. The driver, twenty year old Andrew Craig of North Front Street, is currently detained by police pending investigations.