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A misunderstanding between an employee and a manager resulted in one man on the run and the other hospitalized.  On Monday morning Police visited the Independence Polyclinic where they saw 47-year-old Aurelio Menjivar suffering from several cut wounds.  Reports are that Menjivar invited Jorge Humberto Hernandez into his office to settle a previous misunderstanding.  As a result Hernandez reportedly became annoyed and inflicted the injuries to Menjivar with a machete.  Hernandez then escaped in one of the company’s vehicle.  Menjivar was transported to the Southern regional Hospital where he was admitted in a critical but stable condition.  Police say they recovered the vehicle earlier today in an area two miles inside Texmar Shrimp Farm Road off the Southern Highway inside some bushes.

Police has charged 19-year-old Prandeep Kumar Saikai with manslaughter by negligence, causing death by careless conduct, driving motor vehicle alcohol concentration above the prescribed limit and driving without due care and attention.  Saika, a medical student was the driver of a vehicle that overturned in a cane field between miles seventy and seventy one in Santa Clara Village on Saturday morning.  The accident claimed the life of twenty one year old Jayandra Jahhar.