63-year-old man crushed by reversing truck at Madewini

As the road carnage continues, a 63-year-old man was on Thursday evening killed by a reversing truck at Farm Track, Madewini, East Bank Demerara (EBD).
The dead man has been identified as Arnold De Santos. Police stated that on the day in question at about 18:15h, a motor lorry bearing registration number GAD 7213 driven by a 27-year-old from Farm Track, Madewini, was reversing along the roadway at a fast rate when it collided De Santos.
As a result of the collision, the rear right-side wheel of the lorry ‘rolled over’ the pedestrian, thus causing him to receive injuries to his head and on the body.
He was then picked up in an unconscious condition and taken to the Diamond Diagnostic Centre, where he was pronounced dead. The driver was arrested and is in custody, assisting with the investigation.
When contacted on Friday, the man’s son, Odel Moses told Guyana Times that he was in the bath when he heard his uncle screaming. As he ran out to enquire, he saw his father lying under the truck with his head smashed.
At the time, he stated that his father was walking to a nearby shop to purchase a pack of biscuits, for which he had craving. However, the young man explained that the truck would reverse on the road quite regularly.
“Most of the trucks, because of the width of the road, would drive in and then make a turn in an opening space but this driver would always reverse… it was dark and I don’t think he see my father walking…,” the young man added.
De Santos leaves to mourn his three children and grandchildren. The body was handed over to the family for funeral on Friday following a post-mortem.