A PEDESTRIAN, a pedal cyclist and a passenger in a motor vehicle died yesterday in three separate accidents.

The fatalities occurred on the New Hope Public Road, East Bank Demerara; the Golden Grove Public Road, West Coast Berbice; and the Greenwich Public Road, West Coast Demerara, respectively.

Hilton Nedd, 35, of 21st Street, Diamond Housing Scheme, East Bank Demerara was yesterday morning struck down by a Leyland motor lorry bearing registration number GMM 2172 and killed while he was attempting to cross the New Hope Public Road, the police said.

According to reports, Nedd’s body was dragged some 80 meters before the truck came to a stop, and he was pronounced dead on arrival at the Diamond Regional Hospital.

The driver of the motor lorry is in police custody assisting with the investigations.

The man’s sister, who wants to remain anonymous, said she got a phone call saying that her brother was knocked down and was dead. She said immediately she started to tremble on getting the tragic news. She related that Nedd was a hardworking man who was “always looking for a dollar.”

According to Sanjay Ramdass, the owner of a lumber yard where Nedd worked, the man was always hardworking and helping out. Ramdass said that Nedd’s death had come as a shock and surprise to him since he had been walking in the corner.

And in West Berbice, Neil Wallerson, 55, a labourer of Hopetown, West Coast Berbice was riding a pedal cycle along the roadway when he was struck down by a motor vehicle at Golden Grove Public Road, also on the West Coast Berbice.

The driver drove away from the accident scene without rendering any assistance to the cyclist who was subsequently taken to the Fort Wellington Hospital where he was pronounce dead on arrival.
The police are continuing their investigations into this matter.

Meanwhile, in the third road fatality yesterday at about 13:30hrs, Paul Gonsalves, 21, of Pomeroon, Essequibo River, was in a motor vehicle travelling along the Public Road at Greenwich, West Coast Demerara, when the driver lost control of the vehicle and collided with a utility pole.

Gonsalves received injuries and was pronounced dead on arrival at the Leonora Cottage Hospital. Another passenger, Gillian Raphael, 23, of Pomeroon, also received injuries and was admitted to the Leonora Cottage Hospital.

The driver of the vehicle is in police custody assisting with the investigations.