A father of four died on Tuesday evening after he lost control of the car he was driving along the La Belle Alliance Public Road, Essequibo Coast, Region Two (Pomeroon-Supenaam).
Dead is Amos Christopher Li of La Belle Alliance. Injured is 20-year-old Aliyah Harris, of Coffee Grove, Essequibo Coast. Harris was a passenger in the car at the time of the accident.
Dead: Amos Christopher Li
Reports are that at about 23:20h, the 28-year-old taxi driver, who was driving motorcar HD 252, lost control of the vehicle.
Police said the car was proceeding north along the western drive lane of the public road at a fast rate of speed when — as alleged by Harris, who was seated in the front passenger seat — the driver lost control of the vehicle. Harris said the vehicle collided with a concrete culvert on the western side of the road, and ended up in a trench.
They both were then taken out of the vehicle by public-spirited persons. At the time, the OVO Taxi Service driver was unconscious, and they were both rushed to the Suddie Public Hospital, where Harris was admitted a patient with a fractured left shoulder. The driver was admitted to the Intensive Care Unit (ICU), but succumbed to his injuries while receiving treatment.
Speaking with Guyana Times, Stacy Candai, who is Li’s reputed wife, said that at about midnight she woke up to use the washroom and heard a loud impact.
Stacy Candai
“When I get up to use the washroom, I heard a car coming, and after a loud impact…So, since it’s in the village, I decided to go and see. When I went, I saw his brother pulling him out of the vehicle. He spoke to me and said he have some change in the pocket and his chain on…We then take him to the hospital along with the girl, and at the hospital, while receiving medication, blood start run from his nose and mouth.” the grieving woman said.
The car that collided with a concrete culvert
She explained that while her reputed husband was receiving treatment at the hospital, blood started to ooze from his nose and mouth, and minutes after, he succumbed.
The area where the accident occurred on Tuesday
“The doctor told me the hit he got in his head made him get a trauma in his brain that made him pass away…My husband was everything to us. He make sure that we have everything we need. And from today I will have to take on the responsibilities he had, and make sure I keep my children happy for him,” the woman, who is pregnant, said.
Candai described her reputed husband as a very hardworking, strict dad and husband, and a very responsible person. (G14)
