TWENTY-NINE-YEAR-OLD Rajindra Sugrim, of 61 Mon Repos, was killed on the spot last evening, while his three-year-old son, Lakhram, was rushed to the Georgetown Public Hospital after they were involved in an accident.
The Guyana Chronicle was informed that the man and his son were struck down by motor pickup PMM 607 while they were attempting to cross the Mon Repos Public Road. Eyewitnesses are claiming that the man and his son were using the pedestrian crossing at the time of the accident.
Up to press time last evening, the child was said to be in critical condition at the hospital where he was rushed by an ambulance following the accident.
The Guyana Chronicle was told that the accident occurred sometime after 19:00hrs while Sugrim, who works as a carpenter, was heading to purchase items to make dinner for his family.
Last night too it was reported to the police that the driver, whose name was given as Mark Narine, of Cummings Lodge, attempted to flee the scene of the accident without rendering assistance to the injured child and his father. The eyewitnesses said that that for some strange reason the man’s vehicle came to an abrupt stop a few yards from the point of impact and he exited the vehicle and again attempted to flee the scene.
He was however apprehended and taken into police custody at the Beterverwagting Station. Meanwhile back at the scene the man’s vehicle was locked and police officers used a flash light to peer inside. It was during this exercise that the police noticed a bottle of Johnny Walker whiskey lying on the floor of the vehicle.
When this newspaper arrived on the scene last night, scores of persons, including the family of the carpenter and his son, had gathered on the road to get a glimpse of the man’s lifeless body that was already covered with a sheet.
At the home last evening relatives, friends and neighbours gathered to console the wife of the dead man.
The man’s body was taken away from the scene by undertakers from the Lykens Funeral Parlor. The police are continuing their investigations into the matter.