An­na-Lisa Paul

Ap­peal Court judge Wen­dell Kan­ga­loo, who re­mains hos­pi­talised at the Johns Hop­kins Hos­pi­tal, Bal­ti­more, Mary­land, USA, is pro­gress­ing slow­ly. The ju­di­cia­ry's court pro­to­col and in­for­ma­tion man­ag­er Jones P Madeira said yes­ter­day: "Doc­tors are pleased with the re­sponse they are get­ting from his con­tin­ued care, al­though he re­mains in a co­matose state." Madeira said Ap­peal Court judge Al­lan Men­don­ca was ap­point­ed to act as Chief Jus­tice in the ab­sence of Ivor Archie, who is out of T&T at­tend­ing to per­son­al busi­ness un­til to­mor­row.

Kan­ga­loo was in­jured on May 20 while on his way to the Ari­ma race track. A car, with four peo­ple, slammed in­to in­to his Toy­ota Pra­do, along the Churchill-Roo­sevelt High­way, Trinci­ty. The four-Ryan Ramtha­hal, 25, and Jevon Spencer, 22, of Bel­mont; Je­re­my Soy­er, 24, of St James, and 16-year-old Megan Richards, of Bagatelle, Diego Mar­tin, all died. The two po­lice of­fi­cers-Cpl Ter­rence For­tune and PC Mar­vin Cae­sar-who had been ac­com­pa­ny­ing Kan­ga­loo and were in­jured in the ac­ci­dent are said to be at home.