An East Coast Demerara (ECD) family is now devastated following the death of a 23-year-old man, who lost his life tragically in an accident at “Saffon and Sussex Streets, Charlestown, Georgetown.
Dead: 23-year-old Terry Danraj
The accident occurred at 21:00h on Monday at Saffon and Sussex Streets, Charlestown, Georgetown during curfew hours.
CCTV footage has since shown that the driver of the container truck that was also involved in the accident with a car did not stop before making his turn out from Sussex Street onto Saffon Street, and that caused the collision.
Following the accident 26-year-old Stephan Pearson, the driver of the car, and 23-year-old Terry Danraj, the passenger thereof, were rushed to the hospital.
Dhanraj, of Ogle Railway Road, East Coast Demerara, succumbed to his injuries at around 13:30h on Tuesday.
His mother, Devi Ramdass, told this publication on Wednesday that her family is still in shock.
“It’s me alone! It’s hard, because me and him alone live in the house, because his sister is married. It’s hard for me, because that was my baby, and the only word he said to me before he left on Monday was, ‘Mommy, I gon come back just now’, but he never returned. When I went to the hospital, I knew my son wouldn’t have survived, because if you see his face”, the grieving mother said.
Ramdass explained that her son had left his home on Monday to accompany a friend to the West Coast of Demerara. However, whilst returning home, the accident occurred.
She recalled that her son died due to a fractured skull.
“He passed through the windscreen and he hit his head on the truck, because it is the left side brain smash,” Ramdass said.
The young man took his last breath without regaining consciousness.
Meanwhile, the driver of the car remains hospitalised, but his condition is listed as stable. The lorry driver has since been taken into custody and is assisting with the investigations.
