– One arrested, another wanted

A motor lorry driver lost his life on Five Miles Public Road, Bartica, in an accident on Monday night, after indulging in alcohol with fellow lorry drivers.
Dead is 31-year-old Deoraj Singh of Canal #1, West Bank Demerara. He was pinned to the ground by a lorry that was reversing, after it had towed another truck out of the sand.
Reports indicated that the three trucks were parked on the western corner of the road while the three drivers were consuming alcohol at a nearby house.
Sometime after 21:15h, the drivers decided to leave and it is alleged by Ramlakan Bishundial, the driver of lorry GTT 226, that they all proceeded to their respective lorries when they observed that motor lorry GNN 2121 was stuck in the sand.

As a result, the driver of lorry GNN 5974 assisted by pulling out the lorry with a rope on the northern side of the same road. Upon completion, the driver of lorry GSS 2121, Deoraj Singh, exited his vehicle and was standing in front of it when lorry GNN 5974 reversed and collided into him.

This resulted in the vehicle being push backwards, further colliding with motor lorry GTT 226.
Due to the collision, Police said Singh received abrasions to his face and body and fell to the road surface in an unconscious condition.
He was picked up by the driver of motor lorry GTT 226 and passers-by who placed him in a vehicle and took him to the Bartica Regional Hospital where he was pronounced dead on arrival.

The body is currently at the Bartica Hospital Mortuary awaiting post mortem examination.
The driver of motor lorry GNN 5974, on seeing what happened, fled the scene while the driver of motor lorry GTT 226 is in Police custody; a breathalyzer test conducted showed it was above the prescribed limit.