Essequibo labourer killed in hit-and-run

A 36-year-old labourer was on Thursday evening killed after he was struck down by an All-Terrain Vehicle (ATV) in front of his home at Charity Extension Scheme, Region Two (Pomeroon-Supenaam).
The dead man has been identified as Manniram Sooklall of Lot 403, Charity Extension Scheme.

According to information received, on the day in question at about 19:00h, the ATV driven by a 17-year-old boy was proceeding along the road at an alleged fast rate of speed when he suddenly lost control and collided with Sooklall.
The Police stated that the teen reportedly stopped at the scene, but after seeing Sooklall lying on the roadway in a pool of blood, he fled without providing any assistance to the injured man.
When contacted, Julet Badrie, the now dead man’s sister-in-law, related that he was calling for her husband so she decided to check why he is calling.
“My brother-in-law was calling for my husband and I don’t want my husband to go where he’s living so I left from home coming out on the road to see what he wants and while I was walking on the street to go there I see the bike come with full speed and hit him… he fling up in the air and land on his head. The teen just look at my brother-in-law lying motionless on the roadway, turn the bike around and ride away,” the grieving woman related.
She added that every afternoon, the teenager would usually traverse the street with the motor raptor at a fast rate of speed. However, the man was left on the scene for a while until he was picked up by a public-spirited citizen and rushed to the Charity Oscar Joseph Hospital where he was pronounced dead on arrival.
Guyana Times understands that the teenager is the grandson of the Regional Chairperson, Vilma Da Silva.
Meanwhile, Sooklall’s body was taken to a mortuary awaiting a post-mortem. Up to press time, the Police had not released any information on the fatal accident. Attempts to make contact with the Commander proved futile.