Migrant worker left injured, unable to travel home to Jamaica after he's hit while on his bike in Niagara
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Although Ceto Reid has been working in Canada for nearly two decades, each fall, he usually returns home to his family in Jamaica.
Not this year, however. Reid, a seasonal agricultural worker, was hit by a car while riding his bike in St. Catharines, Ont., on Oct. 6, the night before he was to fly home.
Now he's recovering from surgery needed to fix a broken hip bone and estimates he is still weeks away from being able to travel.
"[After being hit] I broke down crying because I realized I can't move my foot," Reid told CBC Hamilton, recalling the day of the crash.
Reid was biking back from a laundromat in St. Catharines, headed toward his residence around 15 kilometres away in Niagara-on-the-Lake, where he had been working for peach and grape producer P. G. Enns Farms.
In a bag on his back was a clean load of laundry when he was hit by a driver who told him they "didn't see him."
Reid said he was taken to a Hamilton hospital, where staff operated on his hip.
Niagara police told CBC Hamilton the driver who hit Reid has been charged with careless driving under the Highway Traffic Act of Ontario.
Reid has been coming back and forth from Jamaica to Canada for almost two decades to sustain his mother and three kids back home, he says.
His recovery from the crash has affected his ability to provide for his family.
"Most of the time, I break down because it's very challenging for me. I'm here, with my family back home," he said.
He said his "good spirited" co-workers and roommates have been very supportive, but that support won't last for long. They were expected to go back to their respective homes for the winter and Reid will be soon left alone in the residence with little support.
Reid said he went to St. Catharines that day in October because there are no laundromats in Niagara-on-the-Lake, a town of more than 19,000 people which is known for its wineries.
Reid also said he lives in a residence provided by his employer, where there are no laundry facilities.
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