Police are on the hunt for the driver of a dark coloured pick-up vehicle which struck down a 60-year-old security guard and drove away, leaving her on the roadway to die.
Dead: Mona London
Dead is Mona London, called “Baby,” of Paradise, East Coast Demerara. She was attached to the Massy Security Service, and was stationed at the Movietowne Complex which is currently being constructed at Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown.
According to reports, the accident occurred at about 19:00h on Tuesday, shortly after the woman and another female colleague had finished work and were about to cross the road from the southern to the northern side. Guyana Times understands that London was ahead of her colleague when she was struck by the speeding vehicle that was heading in the direction of the city, and she was dragged about 100 feet away, where she was left lying on the road while the pick-up sped off.
The dead woman’s sister, Louis, related to this newspaper how she learnt of the accident.
“I was at the road head last night and one of the security guards called me, but I couldn’t hear, so I asked someone next to me to take the call; and then she tell me that the person said, ‘Baby get knock down and deh pon the road; and if we don’t go fast, she gonna die’.”
However, by the time Louis got to the scene, it was already too late.
“When I reach, I see she lie down in the corner and cover up with a plastic and the Police them were there. So I asked what really happened, and they said some tundra [hit her] but nobody see it, and so they don’t know [is who],” the grieving sister said.
Guyana Times understands that the 60-year-old security guard’s legs were broken, and she also sustained a gaping wound to her head. The woman was taken to the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC), where she was pronounced dead on arrival (DOA). Her body was then handed over to the Lyken Funeral Parlour.
Meanwhile, this publication was told that an individual was at the hospital following the accident, enquiring about the condition of the victim. This led relatives to believe that he had some connection to the driver of the vehicle that killed the mother of one.
Investigators are following information obtained with the hope that it would lead them to the perpetrator.
London was described as a “quiet and peaceful” individual, and her family and friends are calling for justice.
