Anita Narine of Providence, East Bank Demerara lost her life in front of her two children on Tuesday night at about 19:45h, after being struck down by a minibus on the public road at Le Destin, East Bank Essequibo (EBE).
Police have said that Narine was struck by minibus BAD 6362, which was being driven by a 41-year-old man of Block 8, Tuschen, EBE. Their
investigations revealed that the minibus was proceeding west along the southern side of the road at a fast rate when the left side front of the vehicle collided with the pedestrian, who was crossing the road from north to south.
The impact of that collision threw Narine on the roadway, and she sustained injuries to her body. She was picked up by the driver, placed in the minibus, and rushed to the Sheriff Hospital at Leonora, West Coast Demerara (WCD), where she died while receiving treatment.
Her body is at the Ezekiel Funeral Home at Best Village, West Coast Demerara, awaiting a post-mortem examination.
A breathalyzer test was conducted on the driver, and .05% and .04% of alcohol were detected in his system. He is currently in Police custody, assisting with further investigations.
A relative told Guyana Times that Narine was stuck down in the presence of her son, daughter, and mother-in-law. The relative said the woman’s husband revealed that she had gone home from work, and was on the road with her children and mother-in-law at the time of the accident. She had made a stop, had gone to acquire something, and was crossing the road when she was hit by the minibus.
Narine had worked as a secretary to attorney-at-law Kamal Ramkarran. (G9)
