Pedestrian killed after 17-year-old driver loses control of pick-up
Police in Berbice have arrested a 17-year-old girl who was at the time driving a motor pick-up that reportedly ran off the road and killed a pedestrian on Sunday evening.
The accident which occurred along the John’s Public Road on the Corentyne claimed the life of 29-year-old Deonarine Budram, a labourer of Rose Hall Town Corentyne.
Dead: Deonarine Budram
Police stated that the pick-up bearing registration number, GNN 4363 was proceeding west along the southern side of John’s Public Road, Corentyne, at an allegedly fast rate while the pedestrian was walking in the opposite direction.
Investigations reveal that the driver allegedly lost control of the vehicle and collided with the pedestrian, causing him to be flung into the air and subsequently landed on the roadway.
As a result, the vehicle then crashed into a bus shed and ended up in a nearby drain. The driver reportedly fled the scene immediately after the accident.
The injured man was picked up in an unconscious state and taken to Port Mourant Public Hospital, where he was pronounced dead on arrival.
However, based on information received, the police arrested the driver who is said to be a 17-year-old unlicensed girl who is employed as a cashier. Police have also arrested the owner of the pick-up said to be a 30-year-old man from Tain Village.
Meanwhile, according to the victim’s sister-in-law, Nandraine Baichan, the now-dead man was on his way to a family gathering.
After time had elapsed and he did not show, the family got worried. Sometime later, they received a telephone call informing them that Budram was involved in an accident.
The bus shed that the vehicle crashed into after the accident
The relative stated that the person called for the second time, this time to inform them that he had died.
Family members rushed to the scene but were told by police there that his body was already taken to the mortuary.
“This morning I went and see him and his neck broke, his foot broke, his hand broke and he get blood on his head and his hand get one cut,” the woman said in her poorly constructed Corentyne dialect.
Budram reportedly left home at about 7:00h on Sunday and was on his way home when he met his demise. “Justice, justice,” Baichan stated. Investigations into the fatal accident are ongoing. (Andrew Carmichael)
