– driver of getaway car arrested in G/town
A man and woman were on Friday evening killed in a hit-and-run accident along the No 70 Public Road, Upper Corentyne, Region Six (East Berbice-Corentyne).
The dead man has been identified as 20-year-old Toney Lakeram also called “Arvey”, a carpenter of Number 71 Squatting Area, Corentyne. The identity of the female is still unknown.
Residents recalled seeing Lakeram riding an electronic bike alone prior to the accident.
Police stated that the accident occurred at about 23:20h on the Number 70 Public Road, Corentyne, and involved the electric bike and an unknown motor vehicle.
Preliminary investigations revealed that the vehicle was speeding along the roadway when it collided with the duo and continued on its journey.
As a result, the duo sustained injuries about their bodies and was picked up in an unconscious state and taken to the Skeldon Public Hospital where they both were pronounced dead on arrival.
Nevertheless, at the scene of the accident on Saturday morning, there was no debris that suggested that an accident had occurred.
However, the dead man’s father, Mukesh Suresh, recalled seeing the bodies at the hospital after he rushed there upon receiving the news. His son’s motionless body was lying on a stretcher.
“His foot break and he had blood on his face and the girl, she damage more bad; she foot break up more than one place,” the aggrieved father said.
Nevertheless, there are reports that suggest a second vehicle may have been involved in the fatal accident. Nafeeza Sattar told Guyana Times that she heard an impact but did not get out of bed immediately to enquire.
