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Feb 09, 2015 News
A 65-year-old man, Mohid Wahab, a resident of No. 72 Village, Corentyne is the latest road fatality in Berbice.
Wahab was killed around 08:10 hrs Saturday when the truck he was driving slammed into the back of a parked lorry on the No. 56 Public Road, Corentyne.
According to information, Wahab is a greens vendor who would purchase a lot of produce and take them to the Port Mourant market in his lorry to sell.
KNews understands that Wahab and his assistant Turaj Hemchand, 17, of No.76 Village were in the vehicle at the time of the accident.
Wahab allegedly began to pack pumpkins on his truck around 20:00 hrs on Friday and left his No. 72 Village home along with Hemchand around 21:30 hours and proceeded to Port Mourant and spent the entire evening selling his produce.
The following morning, Wahab was heading home when he apparently fell asleep and slammed into the back of another lorry GMM 3455, belonging to Jagdesh Dewant of No. 56 Village which was parked on the opposite side of the road.
As a result of the accident, Wahab was pinned in the vehicle and residents took a while to free him.
He and Hemchand were subsequently rushed to the Skeldon Hospital where Wahab was pronounced dead on arrival.
At the moment, the road fatality figure for Berbice stands at three in comparison to four for the corresponding period last year.
One of this year’s fatal accidents involved a 15 year old who was driving a vehicle around 03:00 hrs in the morning.
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