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SEVENTY-YEAR old Chanderjit Sanichar also known as “Canter” of 52 Zohara Street, Better Hope, East Coast Demerara was killed yesterday morning after he was struck down by a silver coloured Toyota 212 motor car, PMM 8354, which at the time was being driven by a Police Cadet Officer. The accident occurred around 05:00 hours yesterday on the Better Hope Public Road. Speaking with the Guyana Chronicle yesterday, Doorpati Singh, the sister of the dead man, said that she was cooking when she got the news yesterday morning.
The woman said that a woman came to her house and informed her that her brother was involved in an accident and while she believed the news, she did not think that the accident was serious. She said that the woman encouraged her to visit the hospital.
According to Singh, as she was finished cooking and was getting ready to leave the house for the Georgetown Public Hospital a policeman showed up at her home and told her that she was needed at the hospital to identify the body of a man suspected to be her brother who was involved in an accident.
The woman explained to this newspaper that when she visited the hospital she was able to positively identify her brother’s body.
She said that the police did indicate that it was a police officer who was driving the car at the time of the accident. However the police failed to inform the family of the man if the officer who was driving the vehicle at the time had been placed on close arrest.
Sanichar who worked as a shrimp vendor was leaving to join his brother at Ogle yesterday morning where they would usually make their bulk purchase of shrimp for resale.
The man leaves to mourn three daughters and his wife along with his other siblings and relatives.
Yesterday the vehicle which was involved in the accident was parked in the compound of the Sparendaam Police Station with visible damage mostly to the front left side, including the windscreen.
The police are continuing their investigations into the matter.
The woman said that a woman came to her house and informed her that her brother was involved in an accident and while she believed the news, she did not think that the accident was serious. She said that the woman encouraged her to visit the hospital.
According to Singh, as she was finished cooking and was getting ready to leave the house for the Georgetown Public Hospital a policeman showed up at her home and told her that she was needed at the hospital to identify the body of a man suspected to be her brother who was involved in an accident.
The woman explained to this newspaper that when she visited the hospital she was able to positively identify her brother’s body.
She said that the police did indicate that it was a police officer who was driving the car at the time of the accident. However the police failed to inform the family of the man if the officer who was driving the vehicle at the time had been placed on close arrest.
Sanichar who worked as a shrimp vendor was leaving to join his brother at Ogle yesterday morning where they would usually make their bulk purchase of shrimp for resale.
The man leaves to mourn three daughters and his wife along with his other siblings and relatives.
Yesterday the vehicle which was involved in the accident was parked in the compound of the Sparendaam Police Station with visible damage mostly to the front left side, including the windscreen.
The police are continuing their investigations into the matter.
