Twenty-four-year-old Andrew Murray of Jibb, Essequibo Coast, was reportedly killed in a hit-and-run accident along the Walton Hall Public Road in the wee hours of Sunday.
The accident involved a motor car bearing registration number PGG 8477, owned and driven by a 23-year-old farmer of Siriki, Pomeroon River, and Murray, a pedestrian.
Dead: Andrew Murray
Based on reports received, members of the public made a report of an unidentified male lying motionlessly in a trench at Walton Hall. As such, Police visited the scene where they observed several pieces of a number plate on the ground.
However, at about 16:00h on Sunday, ranks were on duty along the La Union Public Road, Essequibo Coast, where they spotted the getaway car in a yard.
Upon questioning, the driver told investigators that he was proceeding along the public road, when he felt an impact to the left side front portion of his motor car, after which he came to a halt. He further said that he then exited his motor car and made checks but did not see anything.
He then re-entered his motor car and drove home. He was subsequently arrested and is assisting with investigations.
Sharon Chattergoon, an aunt of the dead man, recalled him returning home on Saturday evening and informed them that he was involved in a fight. The aunt noted that sometime after, he went back on the road but never returned.
She added that on Sunday she attended church services in the morning, and after it ended, she received the devastating news that her nephew was lying motionlessly in a drain.
The car that was involved in the accident
“When I went, I see deh deh suh lying motionless. I didn’t get to see when he went home nor when he left this is the last how I see my nephew,” the grieving aunt said.
Meanwhile, Yonnette Blake, Murray’s mother, is pleading for justice for her son. She related that it was a hit-and-run accident and expressed her anguish that the driver did not stop to help and take Murray to the hospital.
Murray was the breadwinner for the family.
“He hit my son down and didn’t take him to the hospital, he left him right there to die… my son does work hard to support me and my children… I mine him without a father and he is the only breadwinner for the family… he works hard to provide for me and my kids and I need justice… if he had picked up my son and take him to the hospital, I would have been in the piece but he left him in the drain to die and I need justice,” the saddened mother said.
Blake described her son as a very kind and hardworking individual, always ready to lend a helping hand to others.
