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Mar 25, 2013 News
The country’s road fatality figure climbed by one last night when a 34- year- old vendor was left dead on the Bee Hive Public Road after he was struck down by a Canter truck which was eventually tracked down at Mon Repos some 10 miles away.
Dead is Daneshram Persaud of David Rose Scheme, Unity, Mahaica, East Coast Demerara, who was heading home on his motorcycle when the accident occurred.
Despite wearing a helmet, Persaud sustained massive internal injuries and two broken legs and was pronounced dead on arrival at the Georgetown Hospital where he was rushed by police ranks on patrol duty.
The driver of the truck, who reportedly hails from Mon Repos, East Coast Demerara, managed to escape from public spirited persons who trailed the truck all the way from the scene of the accident.
However, several other occupants of the truck who all appeared to be heavily under the influence of alcohol were detained by the police.
“After we see de man lie down on de road, we follow de Canter and stop it by Enmore on de line top, but when we go to come out and go to de driver, he speed of and is not till we reach Mon Repos that we get he fuh stop. But he run away,” one of the public spirited persons told this newspaper.
The dead man’s brother, who accompanied his body to the hospital, told Kaieteur News that Persaud, who sells shrimps at the Mon Repos Market, was heading home.
He said that from all appearances his brother, a father of two, died instantly after being struck by the canter.
Within the past few months the East Coast of Demerara has been inundated with accidents involving drunk drivers.
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