ECD hit-and-run accident: US-based Guyanese driver flees country – victim’s family claims

The driver who is accused of being responsible for the hit-and-run accident that claimed the life of 25-year-old Adzel Inniss of Burma Housing Scheme on September 22 is alleged to be a US-based Guyanese who has reportedly fled the country, according to the victim’s family.
In an interview with Inniss’s mother Tamika Wilson on Thursday, this publication was made to understand that she had received a call on Tuesday informing her that a vehicle suspected to be the one that had struck her son and caused his death had been spotted in a yard in Victoria on the East Coast of Demerara (ECD).
Prompted by this information, she had contacted the Police, who subsequently located the damaged car at the scene.

According to a report from Police headquarters, detectives acting on information received on Tuesday morning led ranks from Vigilance Police Station to the site in Victoria, East Coast Demerara. There they discovered a motorcar with the registration number PAD 9709 which exhibited significant damage to its left front side.
That vehicle has been transported to the Cove and John Police Station for further investigation, but the Police did not disclose whether they had located the driver of the car or had made any arrest in connection with the accident.
However, Guyana Times has been informed that the owner of the car has been taken into custody, and is currently assisting the Police with their investigations.
Wilson disclosed that after the car’s discovery, she went to the Cove and John Police Station, where she met the owner of the car and the alleged suspect’s family. During that encounter, she claimed that she learned the driver’s name.

“While I was there, they told me the person who was driving the car’s name… They [the alleged suspect’s family] said that he came to the country for his grandmother’s funeral and he borrowed the car from his cousin. However, the cousin [the owner of the car] is claiming that the man came into the country on Wednesday and left the same night of the accident,” she said.
“The cousin said that the car was parked by him, but the suspect told him that a truck hit him, and he would send back money to him to fix the car,” Wilson explained.
“The owner of the car said that he dropped him off at the airport…and he was acting normal. He said he did not even know that there was an accident or anything, because he was not following (the news) until the car got seized.”
Wilson has expressed dismay that the driver not only fled the scene after the accident, but has also left the country, indicating that he has no intention of taking responsibility for his actions.

Justice
“This is really painful, and I need justice for my son,” she said. “My son is a very hard-working person. On the night, he called his child’s mother and he told her that he is coming home, and he never did. He (driver) hit him and just drove away. He did not even stop to see if he was still alive, or even render assistance. We need justice for my son.”
The accident occurred at about 04:30h on September 22 when Inniss stopped his motor lorry, GAC 1443, near Chico Ramas Gas Station at Coldingen, ECD. As he was disembarking the vehicle, he allegedly stepped into the path of a black Toyota Fielder Wagon, resulting in a collision that caused him to sustain severe injuries. The driver of the Fielder Wagon fled the scene, leaving both the car’s registration and the driver’s identity unknown until the car was found on Tuesday.
Inniss was rushed to the Georgetown Public Hospital, but was pronounced dead on arrival. His sister Tonica Inniss revealed that she had last seen her brother alive on Wednesday evening at around 18:00h.
Due to his work, Inniss had frequently spent extended periods away from home. The family learned about the accident when they called his phone to check on his whereabouts. An eyewitness to the accident answered the phone and shared details of the incident with both Inniss’s mother and the mother of his child. (G9)