Police still searching for driver in Mon Repos hit-and-run

The Guyana Police Force (GPF) is still in search of the driver who was involved in a hit-and-run accident that killed a Mon Repos, East Coast Demerara (ECD) man on September 19.

Twenty-three-year-old Devanand Bansie, a vendor of Lot 27 Mon Repos Railway Embankment, ECD, had celebrated his 23rd birthday on the day he met his demise, and went home after the celebration. However, upon his arrival, the door was locked and he could not gain entry.
According to Police, at about 04:00h, his body, with injuries thereon, was seen lying motionlessly on the southern side of the railway embankment, just in front of his residence.
His mother-in-law, Yogeta Persaud, told Guyana Times on Tuesday that the family is still trying to cope with his death. She said the Police have been liaising with the family in their probe.
“It is very hard to know that he died, and such a way that we ain’t even get no satisfaction or nothing at all; is just from what we heard and nothing more…”, Persaud said.
Persaud said after Bansie had died, family members had asked their neighbour to review their CCTV footage, and it had revealed that a car had struck down the vendor and driven away. The woman said they were unable to see the licence plate or a clear image of the driver.
After Bansie’s had been found lying on the road, he was picked up and taken to the hospital, where he was examined and pronounced dead. The search for the driver and the vehicle is still ongoing.