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Apr 04, 2013 News
Nankumar Puran, also called ‘Nose’ or ‘Renny’ lost his life during the preparations for his niece Vashti’s wake, yesterday. The child died earlier in the day after a sudden illness.
Puran, a route 63 minibus driver of Number 68 Village, Corentyne, was returning to the wake house in a Canter truck. As the vehicle was about to turn into the street from the public road, a speeding minibus slammed into the Canter and knocked him off the truck. He ended up pinned under the minibus.
His widow, Radika Assirbad, said that her husband went with six other relatives to borrow zinc sheets in preparation for his niece’s wake. Eyewitnesses were forced to push the bus in a nearby trench to free Puran’s body.
He was rushed to the Skeldon Hospital in a critical condition before being transferred to the New Amsterdam Public Hospital. He died en route to the hospital.
Four of the occupants of the Canter truck were treated and sent away from the Skeldon Hospital while one remained a patient. The conductor of the minibus and a few passengers were treated and sent away all for lacerations and bruises.
Radika described her husband as a very quiet person. She said that she spoke to him around noon when she collected the keys to their home from him while they were at the home of the dead niece.
The minibus driver involved in the accident is in police custody at the Springlands Police Station assisting with investigations.
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