A man is now dead after being hit by a lorry transporting a skip bin, which was being operated by Cevon’s Waste Management.
Dead is Victor Alert, 34, of Martin Street, Rose Hall Town, Corentyne, Berbice, Region Six (East Berbice-Corentyne).
Reports are the lorry was allegedly speeding through the town of Rose Hall and residents are claiming that it might have been racing another lorry.
According to the Police, the Cevon’s Waste Management lorry was being driven by a 47-year-old man of Canefield Settlement, East Canje,Berbice.
Reports are that motor lorry GZZ 4248 was proceeding west along the Corentyne Highway at Rose Hall Town when, the driver alleged, Alert ran across the road from the north going south and into the path of his vehicle.
The truck that was involved in the accident
As a result of the collision, the pedestrian fell to the road and was picked up by public-spirited citizens in an unconscious condition, placed in a Police vehicle and taken to Port Mourant Public Hospital, where he was pronounced dead on arrival.
Meanwhile, the labourer’s brother Randolph said he was a short distance away where from the accident occurred. He said one lorry passed speeding through the town and another one was close behind.
“I don’t know if they were racing, but is terrible speed this man pass with and I hear something go ‘bram’ and when I go and look, I see that is my brother he knock,” the older Alert said.
A cousin of the now-dead man, Eon Hooper said he was standing by the roadside with a cousin when the two lorries passed, one behind the other.
According to Hooper, his cousin pulled him into the corner and alerted him of the danger as the first lorry passed.
“The next one was behind coming at a rate too… We hear ‘bram’ and when I go and watch to see is who, I see is my cousin,” Hooper related.
According to Randolph, after the lorry driver applied his brakes, the vehicle continued to skid on the road and did so for the length of four buildings before crashing into the labourer. He cited the skid marks which were left on the roadway as evidence of the former.
“So, it is just speed that man was coming with … speed,” he said.
Police have since said that the driver of the Cevon’s Waste Management lorry has been taken into custody and the vehicle detained.
The now-dead man’s cousin added that the driver offered no assistance to the injured man after the impact.
He alleged when the Police arrived and asked for the driver and when he looked around, the driver was not at the scene but was found a short distance away, heading away from the scene of the accident.
Police are continuing their investigations and the driver remains in custody. (G4)
