The accident that claimed the life of Salima Heeralal
A 60-year-old woman has died from injuries sustained in a two-car collision on the La Bonne Intention (LBI) Railway Embankment, East Coast Demerara (ECD). The accident occurred around 06:00h on Sunday and claimed the life of Salima Heeralal of Good Hope, ECD, a day later.
According to Police reports, the accident involved motor car PAE 672, driven by a 21-year-old of Earls Court, LBI, and another motor car PAH 5148, driven by the woman’s 58-year-old husband while she was a passenger.
Investigations reveal that the 21-year-old, who was travelling south along the LBI access road, failed to stop at the intersection with the embankment. His car collided with the right side of the vehicle in which Heeralal was a passenger that was heading west along the southern driving lane. The impact sent the car crashing into a bridge on the southern side of the road.
Bystanders rushed to the scene and managed to pull the occupants of Heeralal’s vehicle from the wreckage. Both the husband and wife were transported to the Georgetown Public Hospital’s Accident and Emergency Unit, where they were admitted for treatment. The 21-year-old driver of the other car was taken by a relative to a private city hospital, where he was also admitted for observation.
Heeralal succumbed to her injuries early Monday morning around 02:40h while undergoing treatment in the Intensive Care Unit.
Meanwhile, her husband was discharged from the hospital later that day. The driver of the other vehicle is said to be hospitalised in the private city hospital as Police continue their investigation.
