Mahaicony hit and run: “I couldn’t believe it” – injured girlfriend of man killed in accident

An accident at Now or Never, Mahaicony, Region Five (Mahaica Berbice), has left a man dead and his girlfriend seriously injured following a suspected hit-and-run accident around 20:30h on Saturday night.
Dead is 38-year-old Mark Williams of Parfait Harmony. His girlfriend, 34-year-old Lisa Singh of Mahaicony, was injured and is currently home recovering from her injuries.
According to Singh, she and Williams had been in a relationship for over six years, though they lived apart. She had been visiting him for a few days, and they were on their way to her home when the accident occurred. She related that they were riding a motorcycle along the Mahaicony road when a vehicle struck them, causing both to fall to the ground.
“I remember I had my hands around him and we were on our way home and all of a sudden, I didn’t know anything. When I caught myself, I was in the hospital and I was feeling pain I saw lots of doctors around me and kept asking what was wrong with me and why am I here. I started asking for Mark and they said he was upstairs,” she said.
“They say took me to Georgetown hospital to do a CT scan with an ambulance and I was in and out of consciousness. When I finished the scan and I went back to Mahaicony Hospital and I asked them for him and then they told me that he was not there and that he died… I couldn’t believe it. We weren’t riding speed. I just don’t know what happened”.
The woman said this came as a shock to her because Williams was full of life before the incident occurred.
“He was talking to me on the bike and telling me how much he loved me and that’s why this hurts so much”, the woman said.
Eyewitnesses indicated that a white Toyota Fielder Wagon was the vehicle involved in the accident, but the driver fled the scene immediately after the collision.
Williams and Singh were both rushed to the Mahaicony Hospital, where Williams was pronounced dead. Singh, who sustained a broken arm and multiple injuries, was transferred to the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC), and was later sent home but she is expected to undergo surgery.
Police are searching for the driver responsible for the accident, and investigations are ongoing.