DR CLEMENT Sukdeo died on Monday night after he lost control of his motor car while driving along the Leonora Public Road, West Coast Demerara and it ended up in a trench.The accident occurred at about 23:35 hrs, and Dr Sukhdeo was taken to the Leonora Cottage Hospital, where he was pronounced dead on arrival.

Traffic Chief, Superintendent Dion Moore, told the Guyana Chronicle that the doctor was at the wheel of motor car PRR 8096 at the time, and he was alone in the vehicle.

The Traffic Chief said Dr Sukdeo’s vehicle ran off the road and went into a trench, and he rather suspects that the doctor died from drowning and not from injuries received. The matter is under investigation.

Relatives at Dr Sukhdeo’s Meten-Meer-Zorg, WCD residence refused to speak to the media yesterday, but this newspaper understands that the 69-year-old doctor was on his way home after he had gone to visit a friend in the city.

The Traffic Chief disclosed that, for this year, police have recorded 102 accidents, with 120 deaths; and for the corresponding period last year, the tally was 126 accidents with 136 deaths. He noted that 15 children were killed in road accidents for both 2014 and 2015.

The Traffic Chief is again urging all road users, especially drivers, to stop speeding and be attentive on the roadways, since pedestrians are the highest category of road users who have lost their lives in road accidents, while private vehicles topped the category of vehicles which were involved in the most road accidents.