A post-mortem examination has revealed that the pensioner who died on the spot on Friday last after a collision with a taxi on Dennis Street, Sophia, Greater Georgetown, died as a result of a fractured skull.
This was according to the dead man’s widow, Nandranie Kelawan, who during an interview with Guyana Times recollected the devastating moment she received the news of her husband’s demise. She noted that her husband, Mohan Ram, was on his way to cut bamboo for a relative when the accident occurred.
Dead: Mohan Ram Kelawan
“He was at home then he say he going to pick bamboo and he left, so after I see a certain time and he ain’t come home, I called his sister and she say he left her long and I say but he ain’t reach home yet. Anyhow, we think he stop somewhere before coming home,” the grieving woman recalled.
Kelawan noted that her husband was well-known to villagers and would normally stop and talk with people around the area, so it did not come as a surprise when he did not return earlier than expected.
“My son and I was sitting in the yard when a boy on a bicycle come in and tell he “you father just get knock down”, so we take a taxi and go out, but by the time we meet, he was already dead. We couldn’t do anything to save him. He had a big buss at the back of his head and blood was everywhere,” she told this publication.
The 70-year-old security guard of Lot 725 Sixth Field, South Cummings Lodge, Greater Georgetown, died following a collision with a car.
Police initially revealed that the motor car, HC 7724, and the pedal cyclist were proceeding along Dennis Street, Sophia when the now deceased man reportedly rode into the path of the motor car.
The pedal cyclist was picked up and taken to the Georgetown Public Hospital, where he was pronounced dead on arrival.
The driver of the motor car was taken into custody, and was currently assisting with investigations.
