The Tribune

By RASHAD ROLLE

Tribune Staff Reporter

rrolle@tribunemedia.net

THE Tribune’s street philosopher, “Potcake”, is recovering from a reported hit and run accident in the Princess Margaret Hospital.

The 62-year-old, whose real name is Locksley Thompson, was injured in a traffic accident at the corner of Shirley and Church streets more than two weeks ago.

He suffered a broken hip during the accident.

After making a public appeal, he received a blood donation to aid him in a necessary operation, according to his son, Delon Thompson.

His son also told The Tribune yesterday that the people who allegedly knocked “Potcake” down waited for an ambulance to show up but left before the police arrived.

As for the response to his father’s call for blood donations, he said: “The support from the public was small. I met only two white ladies coming to give blood to my dad when I went to donate blood. He was successful in getting blood that he needed because of us.”

However, he said: “We are fighters. We don’t lay down and give up.”