…“selfish” driver should face full force of the law – sister
A sorrowful ambiance rattled through the home of the family of 17-year-old Romeo Edghill, a welder of Better Hope, East Coast Demerara (ECD), who lost his life to a road accident along the Ogle Railway Embankment Road, East Coast Demerara (ECD), on Sunday.
It was complete chaos as family members rushed to the scene after hearing the news of the accident.
Reports are that at about 21:00h, Edghill was riding motorcycle CH 6584 on the Ogle Railway Embankment Road, and was proceeding east along the northern side of the road whilst a motor car was proceeding in the same direction in front of him.
Police said Edghill was in the process of overtaking the motor car when the vehicle suddenly made a right turn onto the Ogle Access Road.
In the process, the car collided into the rear portion of the motorcycle, causing the teen to lose control and fall onto the road’s surface.
As a result of the collision, the motorcyclist who was not wearing a helmet, received injuries to his head and other parts of his body. The car then fled the scene of the accident.
The motorcyclist was picked up in a conscious state, with help from public-spirited citizens, and placed in an ambulance which took him to the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation where he was pronounced dead on arrival.
“Selfish” driver
On Monday Guyana Times spoke with the sister of the dead teen, Candace Edghill, who said that her brother had left home on Sunday afternoon and did not say where he was going. Later that evening, she received a telephone call that the teen was involved in an accident.
The woman said as she rushed to the scene, she saw her brother lying motionlessly on the road. She further posited that her brother was left lying at the scene for some time before help came.
“I was told that he was lying there for some time. Nobody wanted to take him to the hospital so they had to wait on the ambulance.”
The dead teen’s sister also said that she is disappointed with the driver who struck her brother and did not render any assistance. She said the driver is “selfish” and should face the full brunt of the law.
Dead: Romeo Edghill
“Why, why would you hit him down and drive away and leave him there. Why are you so selfish to do something like that and just leave him lying there? If you he had taken him to the hospital, I am sure he would have made it,” the tearful woman said.
Twenty-year-old Candace added that she and her brother have been living alone with their father, who has been battling a number of illnesses for a few years. She added that her brother had been working to make ends meet since their father is unable to work.
“To be honest my dad has a stroke, he has blood pressure and a lot of other things…it is just a lot. My brother works at a shop in Plaisance, and we work to assist our father in whatever way we can. I am older than him so I work and I would provide for them…”, she explained.
She added that her brother was in school but dropped out due to the pressure of the pandemic and decided to get a job.
“My brother was a very nice and friendly person and did not deserve this. It was just me and him alone. We have other siblings but they don’t live with us. Like why?”, the woman said.
As the family demands justice, checks are in progress for the said motor car as investigations continue. (LaWanda McAllister)
