JAIRAM Sheoprashad, 44, also called Rajendra Looknauth and ‘Buckie’, left a wake house at Fyrish on the Corentyne on Wednesday night for his home at Topoo Village, but never got there. He was killed in a hit-and-run accident on the Corentyne highway. The bloodied trail, which was circled by ranks of the traffic department, was left as a reminder as to where the accident occurred shortly before midnight on Wednesday.
Residents close to the scene of the accident said they heard a loud impact just about midnight Wednesday. They rushed outside and saw the mangled remains of the man on the road, and the car involved was nowhere to be seen.
At Sheoprashad’s home, about two miles off the public road, his widow, Hema Devi Looknauth said, she received a call telling her that he was involved in an accident.
She went to Ramoo Funeral Home at Rose Hall and identified his broken body.
In company with other relatives, the mother of nine said she went to the scene of the accident where she found a part of the licence plate from the car which killed her husband, and this has been lodged at the Albion Police Station.
Her husband was a former cane harvester who worked with the Guyana Sugar Corporation for 14 years.
Her aunt is pleading with the driver to come forward and assist the widow in burying her husband.
This newspaper was told that the funeral home charges $3,500 per night for storage of a corpse, while the cheapest coffin is $45,000.
In addition to his nine children, Sheoprashad leaves to mourn his wife, three grandchildren, siblings and other relatives.
The police are investigating.