…elderly man dies after being hit by lorry on Corentyne Road
Four persons are now dead following two separate accidents in Region Six (East Berbice-Corentyne).
One of the accidents claimed the lives of three young men on motorcycles.
Those dead are 18-year-old motorcyclist Keishan Ramnauth, a labourer of Number 60 Village, Corentyne; 22-year-old Adrian Inshan of Number 55 Village, who was the pillion rider; Ameer Subhan 21, a supervisor attached to Queensway Security Service and of Linepath Corentyne Berbice and 64-year-old Dennis Gilkes, of no fixed place of abode.
The three young men lost their lives in an accident on Monday morning, just after midnight. The crash occurred along the Corriverton Public Road, in the vicinity of the Classic Hotel, and involved two motorcycles.
Ramnauht – with Inshan as his pillion rider – was riding motorcycle, CN 6641, which was proceeding south along Corriverton Public Road at an alleged fast rate of speed when he lost control and collided with motorcycle, CP 3158, which was being ridden by Subhan going in the opposite direction.
As a result of the collision the two riders and pillion rider were flung into the air and landed on the road.
The motorcycles that were involved in the accident
There were all picked up by public spirited citizens in an unconscious state and taken to Skeldon Public Hospital where the two riders were pronounced dead on arrival.
The pillion rider was later transferred to New Amsterdam Hospital for further medical attention. However, he too succumbed to his injuries.
Subhan’s sister, Faenes Subhan, told this publication that her brother was conducting routine checks on guards at various locations. He had just inspected the guards at Skeldon Hospital and was en route to another site when the accident occurred.
“Most passersby say that he was going and the other motorcycle was coming fast and they knock he (Subhan) and he pitch on the fence and then pitch back to the other end of the road,” his sister said.
Commenting on the other rider, who would have also died in the crash Subhan said she is also in sympathy with his parents.
“His parents have lost too…They are feeling what we are feeling right now,” she added.
Reliving tragedy
Meanwhile, family members of Ramnauth were too distraught to provide much information to this publication on Monday afternoon. His mother Bhojwattie Budram was in tears with relatives trying to console her.
The widow lost her husband in a motorcycle crash in June 2023, which claimed the lives of two persons.
Family members said they were reliving the 2023, ordeal.
An aunt of the now-dead young man said he and the pillion rider were only acquaintances and could not say where they were heading.
However, Ishan’s mother, Asha Ramnarine said that her son and friend had gone to Number 63 as customary on Sundays and holidays and he allowed his friend to ride his bike.
The woman said she left home to purchase vegetables to sell at the market on Monday and when she returned, he had left already.
The mother of five said after receiving news of the accident, she rushed to the scene where she saw a part of her son’s skull on the road and subsequently went to the New Amsterdam Hospital.
“His skull pitch out and leave on the road, his hand break, his break brake and his toes cut off,” she revealed.
The teenager’s father Farook Inshan said when he went to the New Amsterdam Hospital, he was told that his son was on life-support.
“They say he can’t make it and they take the machine off of him.”
Truck accident
Meanwhile, Gilkes were crushed to death by a truck along the Williamsburg Public Road. The truck was being driven by a 24-year-old man. The truck driver alleged that there were two motorcars proceeding ahead of him when the immediate car proceeded to overtake the front car and that is when he observed a pedestrian in the centre of his drive lane about ten feet away. However, he applied brakes but despite his effort, the front portion of the truck hit the elderly man. He was picked up by the said driver and taken to the Port Mourant Public Hospital where he was pronounced him dead on arrival.
Police are continuing their investigations. (Andrew Carmicheal)
