Fifty-five-year-old Sooklall Pharous of South Ruimveldt, Georgetown was killed on Friday evening after the car in which he was travelling ended up in a trench at the intersection of South Road and Oronoque Street, Georgetown.
Preliminary investigations indicate that the incident occurred at around 18:25h and involved motorcar PJJ 4643, which was being driven by a 36-year-old resident of South Road, Georgetown, and hire car HD 5268, being driven by a 41-year-old resident of Buxton. Pharous was a passenger in the taxi.
Reports are that PJJ 4643 was travelling east along South Road at a fast rate of speed while the taxi was heading south on the eastern drive lane of Oronoque Street. At the intersection of South Road and Oronoque Street, the taxi driver failed to stop at the stop sign, and drove into the path of the other vehicle, thus resulting in the collision.
The impact of that collision sent both vehicles careening into a trench, while Pharous was reportedly flung out of the vehicle in which he was travelling. Both drivers were rescued from their vehicles by bystanders and EMTs, and were transported by ambulance to the Georgetown Public Hospital(GPHC) for medical treatment.
Pharous was pulled from the trench by bystanders and taken to GPHC, where he was pronounced dead.
