8-Y-O girl dies, father critical after being struck by drunken driver at Parika Backdam

An eight-year-old girl is now dead, and her father is hospitalised with a fractured skull after they were struck by a drunk driver on Friday afternoon.
Dead is Supriya Khan of Naamryck Koker, East Bank Essequibo (EBE) , while her injured father has been identified as 32-year-old Imran Khan also of Naamryck Koker.
The accident occurred at about 15:05h on the Parika Backdam main access road, EBE. At the time, Imran was riding an electric cycle (e-bike) with Supriya as the pillion rider. He had just picked up the Grade Three pupil from the Parika Back Primary School, and they were heading home.
Police say the father and daughter duo were proceeding east along the road when a motor pick-up, GAB 8162, which was proceeding in the same direction behind the electric bike, attempted to pass them.
However, in the process of overtaking, the pick-up vehicle collided with the e-bike. As a result of the collision, Imran and Supriya fell onto the road surface and received injuries to their bodies.

According to the police, the father and daughter were picked up by the driver – both in an unconscious state – and taken to the De Kinderen Public Hospital, where the young girl was pronounced dead on arrival by a doctor.
Imran, who was also taken to the said hospital, was admitted after sustaining a fracture to his skull.
The body of 8-year-old Supriya, who recently celebrated her birthday, was escorted to the Ezekiel Funeral Home, awaiting a post-mortem examination (PME).
Meanwhile, breathalyser tests conducted on the driver of the pick-up, 22-year-old Arif Alli of Parika, EBE, showed his blood alcohol content (BAC) at 1.28 and 1.34 micrograms per 100 millilitres of breath, according to the police. This is well above the legal limit of 0.35 micrograms per 100 millilitres of breath.