A 12-year-old boy going home from school
became the latest road fatality as he was hit by
a bus and killed while crossing the Anna
Catherina, West Coast Demerara public road
yesterday.
Nine-year-old
electrocuted
Dead is Amir Khan, a Form One student of the
St. John's Community High School located in the
same community and of 41 Seaview, Anna Catherina.
The incident occurred at just about 3 pm
yesterday.
According to reports, the boy was crossing
the road on the pedestrian crossing in full view
of his classmates when he was hit by the bus and
flung into the air. The bus had reportedly just
pulled off after stopping. The schoolboy's
motionless body was left lying on the road and
it appeared that he died on the spot. The police
were informed and the body transported to the
West Demerara Regional Hospital.
At his parents' home yesterday, grief filled
the air as relatives, neighbours and friends
gathered to offer their support. Khan's sister
Shameeza told Stabroek News that she was at work
when she got the message. She rushed to the spot
but her brother's body had already been
transported to the hospital.
A tearful Bibi Fateha Khan, the boy's mother
recalled that her son had been very happy before
leaving for school yesterday morning. The
grief-stricken mother said that she got the news
that her youngest son had died at just around
3:30 pm when his friends from school came to
inform her of the incident. "When me get
the message me couldn't believe it, me ask the
person, three, four time if they sure is Amir",
she stated.
Amir was described as "loving, quiet and
very willing". He leaves to mourn his five
siblings, parents and other relatives.
His death comes just as the police have
stepped up campaigns vowing to enforce the
traffic laws. The driver of the bus is in police
custody.