Contractor dies after being struck down by retired ACP

Esau family members have been thrown into mourning after their patriarch was killed in an accident that occurred at the intersection of the western end of the Demerara Harbour Bridge (DHB) and the Schoonord public road on Friday.
According to information, 49-year-old Isgar Esau was driving his motorcycle along the Schoonord public road, and as he attempted to cross the intersection at the western end of the DHB, he was struck by a motorcar.

In fact, the Police have said that the accident occurred at about 14:10h, and involved motorcycle CH 7636, driven by Esau, and motorcar PZZ 6015, driven by a 59-year-old retired Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP).
Preliminary investigations revealed that the motorcar was proceeding along the Meer Zorgen (Harbour Bridge) road, and as the driver turned north at the T-junction, the right side of the car collided with the front portion of the motorcycle.
As a result of the collision, the motorcyclist fell on the road surface and received injuries to his head and body.
He was picked up in an unconscious state and taken to the West Demerara Regional Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
At the home of the dead man, his son Safraz Esau explained that his father was doing a painting job at Unity Street, La Grange, and on the day in question, he left around midday to go home for lunch. The young man related that after his father had had his lunch, he took a short nap, then awoke and left home shortly after 14:00h to return to the work site.

Safraz Esau said he was finishing his Friday prayers at the La Grange Masjid when he received a message that his father was involved in an accident and was lying in the middle of the roadway.
“I was going home from the masjid, and one of my friends was passing, and he called me and he said, ‘You father get knocked down and he ain’t moving on the road’. I wasn’t far away, and tek like two minutes to reach, and when I reached, I see me father lying on the road and a guy with one hand was trying to help he while everybody just stand up there with them phones,” he related.
He joined the man in an attempt to resuscitate his father, but their efforts proved futile. Shortly after, the unconscious Isgar was rushed to the West Demerara Regional Hospital (WDRH), where he was pronounced dead.
“We put he in the car and go to Best Hospital (WDRH), and when we reach, we take he out and put he pon the stretcher, and then I go in and the doctor tell me wait outside. Before I walk out, they call me back in and tell me daddy dead; that he dead before he reach the hospital,” Safraz related amid tears.
Family members are incensed because the man that hit Esau is said to be a retired Police Officer, and instead of rendering assistance, he stood there making phone calls. Additionally, the family said, based on what they observed at the La Grange Police Station on Friday afternoon, they have concluded that the investigation would head nowhere.
“He is getting preferential treatment because he is a retired Police. Imagine, he was in an accident and he has his gun in his waist walking around the station, and didn’t get lock up until when somebody big call to find out what happening, then he get put in the lockups.
“He was on his phone at the scene and not rendering no assistance, and the car was heavily tinted, and when we go to the station, they took off the number plate and take off the tint and so on. With what I see yesterday, we don’t have any confidence in the Police investigation.”
Nevertheless, Safraz Esau said senior Police officers visited their home on Friday evening and promised to hold a comprehensive investigation. The ACP was detained but later released on $100,000 bail pending investigations.