A Superintendent of Police stationed in D Division (West Coast Demerara) has been arrested following the
Dead: Anmarie Deonarine
fatal accident at Vreed-en-Hoop, which claimed the life of a 65-year-old woman.
Anmarie Deonarine, of Lot 144 New Road, Vreed-en-Hoop, WCD, was killed sometime around 11:30h on Tuesday by motor vehicle PRR 4446, which was being driven by the Divisional Crime Chief.
In a statement issued on Tuesday evening, the Police said that a breathalyser test was conducted on the senior officer by the Traffic Chief himself and no trace of blood alcohol was recorded.
However, acting Divisional Commander, Leslie James, told Guyana Times on Wednesday that the senior officer involved in the incident has stepped down from duties to “facilitate an impartial investigation.”
According to reports, the elderly woman was heading to a relative’s house a short distance away when she was hit by the vehicle which was heading in the western direction.
Deonarine’s eldest daughter, Geeta, related to this newspaper that she was told that her mother was walking on the road when a speeding car struck her. Geeta denied claims reportedly made by the driver that her mother was walking onto the road when she was struck.
“She was in the corner because when we go to the hospital, we find dried grass in her head. If she was in the middle of the road, how did she get grass in her head,” she explained.
Meanwhile, Guyana Times spoke with an elderly villager who witnessed the entire incident, confirming that the vehicle was indeed speeding before coming into contact with the woman.
The pedal cyclist explained that he was riding towards the East when he observed the speeding car hitting the woman, and then dragging her about 20 feet before she was released from under the car.
“After the car pull she down and drive ‘way with she, it throw she off by the pave and continue driving onto the road and then stop a little further up the road,” the man recalled.
He continued that the senior officer exited the vehicle and stopped a Police car that was passing the same time and they rushed with the injured woman to the West Demerara Regional Hospital.
The man, who also assisted in transporting the woman to the hospital, explained that Deonarine was breathing when they picked her up but she succumbed on the way to the medical facility.
The mother of three was described as a very loving and cheerful person who would go out of her way to assist anyone in need.
