File sent to DPP for legal advice, driver on station bail

WCD hit and run

The Director of Public Prosecutions, Shalimar Ali-Hack, has been asked to determine whether enough evidence is present to charge the driver of a hit-and-run accident which claimed the life of Rajendra Doodnauth on the West Coast of Demerara.

Fifty-five-year-old Doodnauth of Uitvlugt, West Coast Demerara died after being hit by a speeding car last Tuesday on the Stewartville Public Road.
Enquires revealed that the motorcar was proceeding east along the northern side of the road reportedly at a fast rate while the pedal cyclist was proceeding in the same direction as the motor car.
Doodnauth had come off his bicycle and was waiting to cross the road when he was involved in a collision with the front of the car and fell onto the front window screen of the vehicle, then onto the road surface, where he was dragged some distance before the vehicle came to a stop.
He received injuries about his body, and was picked up in an unconscious state and taken to the Leonora Cottage Hospital, where he was examined by a doctor on duty. The man was pronounced dead while receiving medical treatment.
This publication understands that the deceased was a former employee of the Uitvlugt Estate but left the job some time ago, and until the time of his demise, had remained unemployed. At the time of the accident, he was on an errand to purchase something for an acquaintance.
The 41-year-old driver, of Non Pareil, East Coast Demerara, was released from custody but has been requested to report every Friday to the Police.
Meanwhile, the dead man’s son, Devindra Doodnauth, spoke with this publication on Monday. “We want justice for my father, because this is not right at all…We don’t know what will happen,” he said.
Relatives of the dead man are calling for justice in relation to Doodnauth’s death.