Dead: Ricky Kumar Dead: Amisha Alli

AMISHA Alli and her cousin Ricky Kumar will be buried on Thursday.

Alli’s father, Abdool Azeez, arrived in the country from overseas yesterday, heart-broken and confused.

Mr. Azeez added that it is difficult to cope presently and the incident has taken a toll on his wife, Sabita.

Kumar is from Parika, but was holidaying with the Azeez family at Meten-Meer-Zorg, West Coast Demerara.

The children were killed at about 15:30 h Sunday on the Tuschen Public Road, East Bank Essequibo.

Amisha Alli, seven, and her cousin, Ricky Kumar, 12, together with their grandmother, Jumrattan Hack, 66, were standing on the southern side of the Tuschen Public Road when motor car PLL 6744 ,driven by Mahendranauth Singh, of Industry Housing Scheme, together with two other occupants, came speeding east along the northern side of the road.

The driver allegedly lost control of the vehicle, and struck Hack and the children.

Kumar and Alli died on the spot, with Alli being decapitated.

The car sped away and was pursued by a police patrol which intercepted it at Den Amstel, West Coast Demerara.

Hack was treated for minor injuries at the West Demerara hospital and sent away.

The three occupants of the vehicle are in custody at the Leonora Police Station.

The bodies are awaiting a post mortem.