Fatal Mahaicony crash: ‘We still can’t believe she’s gone’ – relative

…after routine visit to stepdaughter ends in tragedy for Tuschen mother

What was expected to be a routine trip to visit her stepdaughter ended in tragedy for 33-year-old Seerochanie Khemraj, whose life was abruptly cut short in a fatal accident on Friday evening along the Airy Hall Public Road, Mahaicony, East Coast Demerara (ECD). Khemraj, a mother of one of Blackwater, Tuschen, East Bank Essequibo (EBD), was among two persons who died after the hired car in which she was travelling lost control and crashed, leaving her relatives and friends grappling with shock and grief. Speaking with this publication on Sunday, a relative said the family is still struggling to process the sudden loss. “We still can’t believe she’s gone. Everything happened so suddenly… nobody expected something like this,” the relative said.

According to the relative, Khemraj and her husband farm on a large scale in Hog Island, which is located on the Essequibo River within Region Three (Essequibo Islands-West Demerara). The relative said that Khemraj only returned to her parents’ home, where she stays when she is not at the farm, on Thursday. She had left her home on Friday as part of a planned journey to visit her husband’s child, whom she would regularly check on, the relative told this newspaper.
“She does normally go and check on the child. Everything was normal before she left… nobody didn’t think that would be the last time we would hear from her,” the relative explained. Khemraj was described as a devoted mother, a supportive partner, and someone who maintained close ties with her family. Her death has been made even more difficult for relatives, who noted that she had only recently begun trying to return to normalcy after months of caring for her ailing grandmother.
“She stopped working. She was a 10-day worker and she stopped and was taking care of her grandmother full-time until she passed. That was just a few months ago. She was a very nice person,” the relative said. The grandmother died in October 2025, a loss the family is still coping with, making Khemraj’s sudden passing even more devastating. Relatives said the family’s ordeal began late Friday night when they received a phone call informing them that she had been involved in an accident. They immediately rushed to the Mahaicony Public Hospital, where they were met with news of her passing. “When we reach, she was already gone. We see her body, but her head was bandaged, so we couldn’t really tell what injuries she get,” the relative recounted.
Khemraj had been seated in the front passenger seat of the vehicle at the time of the crash. While she and the driver were pronounced dead on arrival, her daughter and three other minors, who were her husband’s brother’s children, were also in the car. They all survived with minor injuries and were admitted to the hospital.
“We’re thankful the children are alive, including her daughter, but it’s hard… they were all discharged, and the daughter is doing okay,” the grieving relative expressed. A Post-Mortem Examination (PME) is expected to be conducted on Monday to ascertain what injuries the woman sustained. Meanwhile, police said the accident occurred at about 18:45h on Friday, and involved a hire car, HD 5859 driven by Nicklas Lillah, who also died. Investigations revealed that the vehicle was proceeding east along the northern side of Huntly Public Road at a fast rate of speed while overtaking a line of traffic when it collided with the rear-view mirror of motor car PAN 2760. The driver reportedly continued at a fast rate before losing control while negotiating a sharp bend at Airy Hall Public Road. The vehicle subsequently collided with an aluminium rail before crashing into a Guyana Power and Light (GPL) utility pole.
As a result, the car was extensively damaged. Khemraj and the driver sustained severe injuries and were taken from the vehicle in an unconscious condition by public-spirited citizens and transported to the Mahaicony Public Hospital, where they were pronounced dead on arrival. The four other occupants, who were the children, were treated for minor injuries. Investigations are ongoing.