A father of two was in the wee hours of Monday struck down and killed along the Number 28 Village Public Road, West Coast Berbice (WCB), Region Five (Mahaica-Berbice).
Dead is 36-year-old Kanrade Lawrence Bacchus of Number 29 Village, WCB.
Based on reports received, the accident involved a motorcar bearing registration number PAC 2353 that was at time being driven by a 30-year-old Private attached to the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) who resides at Fort Wellington.
Preliminary investigations revealed that the car was proceeding along the No. 28 Public Road and ‘ran over’ the pedestrian who was reportedly lying on the roadway.
Following the accident, the driver fled the scene. However, the injured man was picked up and taken to the Fort Wellington Public Hospital where he was pronounced dead.
Victim’s niece Tiffany Bacchus
Following the accident, several checks were made to locate the driver and vehicle.
However, at about 08:00h on Monday, the driver subsequently visited the Fort Wellington station with the vehicle, where she was arrested and placed into custody.
Following the accident, the now-dead man’s niece, Tiffany Bacchus related that at around 04:18h, she received news about the accident in the area and she immediately rushed to the scene.
“Someone called and said that someone got hit on the road and if I know the person… I was like, I don’t know, but I can go out and check. However, I did not have on any clothes so I put on some and went out to check. When I reached the scene, there was my uncle lying motionless on the road. His brain, everything was scattered,” the young lady recalled.
Thereafter, she contacted other family members who transported the Bacchus’s lifeless body to the Fort Wellington District Hospital. According to her, there was a motorcar on the roadway at the time, parked several feet away from the crime scene with the occupants changing a tire.
The area where the accident occurred
She noted that family members observed the vehicle and took the number as they suspected it to be the vehicle involved in the accident.
“No, nobody was on the road, however, he was lying, and we saw a car parked about 300 feet away from him, changing a tire. We then went, observed the car, took the number, came back, there was a mudguard on the road”.
“My other uncle came back, he checked the mudguard, he went back, he checked the car. When he went back and he checked the car it was a Mazda, and the mudguard was a Mazda. However, he then took my phone, used the phone to take a picture of the mudguard, and he went back to the people that was there changing the tire. He asked, man, y’all didn’t see y’all knock a man? They then said, no, when I see, I pull. Next person, when I feel, I pull. Apparently, like they drive over he and that was it,” she shared.
Meanwhile, the police have arrested on person as investigations continue.
