Father of 4 crashes, dies at same spot son died 16 years ago

A 60-year-old father of four was killed on Saturday night on the Corentyne Public Road, Region Six (East Berbice-Corentyne), at the exact spot where his son met his demise 16 years ago.

The dead man has been identified as Ganga Persaud Shivdyall, of Lot 7 Fryish Village, Corentyne, Berbice. Shivdyall was a pump operator and a former umpire.
Based on reports received, on the day in question around 17:45h, the now dead man was riding his motorcycle CF 2415 along the Corentyne road when he allegedly lost control and fell to the surface.
The man received injuries about his body, and was picked up in an unconscious state by public-spirited citizens and was taken to the New Amsterdam Public Hospital, where he was pronounced dead on arrival.
When contacted, another of the man’s sons, Monilall Shivdyall, told Guyana Times that he made several attempts to contact his father on Saturday, but it proved futile.

He explained that a few hours later, he received a call from his father’s number, and the person on the other end of the line informed him that his father was involved in an accident.
He was reportedly given the details as to where the accident occurred.
“When I reach there, they already took him to the New Amsterdam Hospital… so I went to the hospital only to be told that he was already dead. However, I was told by persons that he was still breathing when they attempted to get assistance from a police officer… but based on what I was told, the Police told them to leave him until the other Police come,” the son stated.
Shivdyall said his family was shocked by his father’s passing, since his brother was involved in an accident and died at the exact spot in 2004.
“This is real, real, real hard. As for his wife, she is not taking it easy, because she is now kind of getting over her son’s accident, and to know now her husband come and get this accident in the same place her son had his accident. She literally going crazy,” the son expressed.
Shivdyall added that his father lived with his wife and another sibling. However, the dead man’s wife is presently stuck out of the country, due to Guyana closing its ports of entry during the coronavirus pandemic.
The man’s son said his father had great plans for the future. He underscored that Shivdyall was planning on welcoming home his wife in fine style by celebrating her 56th birth anniversary.
“He was planning when his wife comes back, to keep a big surprise birthday party for her, he said he was going to send her over at the neighbour, or by me and he would plan up the birthday secretly,” he said.
Shivdyall’s body is presently at the New Amsterdam Hospital Mortuary awaiting a post-mortem examination (PME) as investigations into the accident continue.