PEDESTRIAN Rada Panday, 41, was killed in an accident on Monday evening after she was struck down while crossing the Mon Repos Public Road, East Coast Demerara (ECD).

Panday, a mother of two lived at Lot 136 3rd St. Mon Repos North, East Coast Demerara.

According to Police Headquarters, the accident involved a motor car (PAB 5454) owned and driven by Randolph Hunte, a 34-year-old Civil Engineer of Fort Ordinance Housing Scheme, East Canje Berbice.

Police said enquiries disclosed that Hunte was proceeding west along the southern driving lane on the southern carriage way on Mon Repos Public Road.

Hunte alleged that while proceeding in that direction, the pedestrian crossed the road from north to south when his wife who was the occupant in the front passenger seat of the car shouted at him to ‘look’. Moments later there was a heavy impact on the front right side portion of his motor car.

As a result of the collision, police said the pedestrian fell onto the road surface where she received injuries about her body.

Rada Panday was subsequently picked up in an unconscious condition and placed into an ambulance. She was taken to the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation where she was pronounced dead by a doctor on duty.

Police said that the motor car was lodged to be examined by a licensing and certifying officer and a notice of intended prosecution was served on the driver. A breathalyser test conducted on the driver found no trace of alcohol in his system.

The driver is currently in police custody assisting with the investigation. Panday’s body is at the Memorial Gardens Funeral Home awaiting autopsy as investigations continue into the accident.