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May 07, 2012 News
– Taxi driver nabbed after fleeing scene
A taxi driver is currently in police custody following the death of one man and the hospitalization
of another following an accident on the Patentia Public Road on Sunday evening.
According to reports, 51-year-old Prem Sookdeo of Patentia, West Bank Demerara, died while receiving treatment at the Georgetown Public Hospital at around 03:00 hours yesterday. The other man has been identified as Michael Alleyne who was up to press time yesterday, still receiving treatment at the Georgetown Public Hospital.
The dead man’s son, Charandeo Sookdeo, said that the incident occurred at around 20:30 hours. Sookdeo Jnr. said that he received a telephone call at around 20:35 hours on Sunday informing him that his father was involved in an accident.
According to Sookdeo, his father was riding on the right hand side of the road while the other man was on the left, and the car HB 2098 was heading toward the Demerara Harbour Bridge.
This publication was told that immediately after the accident the car fled the scene without stopping to render assistance. He was later nabbed several villages away from where the accident occurred. The car has since been impounded at the Wales Police Station.
“From what I hear the car hit the man on the left hand side first and then swerve out and hit my father who was riding on the right hand side.”
“When I went out to the public road I see me father and another man lying on the road in blood so we took a car and take him to Best (West Demerara Regional).”
At that hospital Sookdeo said his father and Alleyne were treated and subsequently transferred because of the severity of their injuries.
At the Georgetown Public Hospital, Sookdeo said the doctors did their best with his father who was bleeding profusely from his legs.
“They really tried with him: they do all they could but at around 03:00 hours they come outside and tell we that he ain’t mek it.”
The now dead Sookdeo was employed at the Wales Estate as a general staff.
Up to press time yesterday the driver of the car was still in police custody assisting with investigations.
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