Accident leaves woman‘s life in shambles

July 28, 2017, will last as a painful memory for 59-year-old Delreta Bailey and her family.

The magnitude of the memory is evident in the scars the mother of one is forced to wear.

The CENTRAL STAR understands that on that fateful day, Bailey, a resident of Banana Ground, Manchester, was hit by a speeding bus on South Race Course road in Mandeville.

Speaking of the horrific accident, Bailey's son, Addrian, said "She was coming from the hospital and she stopped to look at some items that the persons were selling. As she was about to cross the pedestrian crossing, the driver hit her down off the sidewalk."

Addrian, Bailey's sole caregiver, added that since his mother's accident, their lives have been nothing short of "ups and downs".

Attempting to recapture the near-death experience which has left her unable to walk, Bailey told CENTRAL STAR, " [I was] standing up there, wanting to cross the road when me only hear like someting lick. When I realise, I was lying down in the road. I was on the sidewalk. I heard somebody say, 'Look how the man come lick the woman off the sidewalk'.''

Bailey said that the bus driver assisted her to the hospital. She added, however, that the alleged speeding driver subsequently left the hospital and she has not seen him since.

"They give him (the bus driver) a paper that he should carry me go by the X-ray room, and then he said he was going to look for his mother and come back. From that I don't see him again."

She said that she was forced to spend approximately six weeks in the hospital as her left foot was badly injured.

"My left foot was fractured bad, the whole a me foot mash up," she said.

Her 20-year-old son said that because of his mother's injuries, he is now forced to carry her around on his back which, he said, is causing him severe pain.

The HEART student inculpates underperforming in school to the situation.

"I am struggling with my mom, our living status is unstable [and] it has been a rough part for me. Having to go to school and keep myself focused is the hardest thing to do," he said.

Addrian told CENTRAL STAR that perpetuating their pain are the illnesses his mother also suffers from, including Parkinson's disease (a disease affecting the nerve cells and subsequently affecting movement) and asthma.

He said that he and his mother are living off the kindness of relatives, but said they still lack food and other basic necessities.

Addrian is seeking the public's assistance to improve the quality of life for his family.

Persons willing to assist them may contact Addrian at 876-575-7694 or 876-827-7587, or his mother at 876-283-7002. Donations can be made to the National Commercial Bank, account #504-729-257 (Mandeville branch).