The pedestrian, who was killed along the Tuschen, East Bank Essequibo (EBE) Public Road in the wee hours of Sunday morning was on Monday identified as 17-year-old Azeez Mohammed of Lot 63 Ocean Garden, Meten-Meer-Zorg, West Coast Demerara (WCD), by family members.
The teen was reportedly killed by an allegedly speeding motor vehicle whilst attempting to cross the public road.
In an interview with Guyana Times International, Samantha Mohammed, sister of the dead teen, explained that her younger brother had left home at about 17:00h on Sunday to attend a wedding ceremony at Tuschen along with his cousins. The distraught sister related that according to eyewitnesses, her brother left the location and whilst returning he met his demise.
“Apparently he left the wedding house and cross over the road to go urinate, but while he making his way back over, a car with full speed hit him down….when he hit him down he drove a distance away and stopped, he drove back then pick up my brother and took him to the hospital,” the grieving sister related.
According to Mohammed (Samantha), after her cousins realised the now dead teen was missing, they began searching for him, during which they were informed about the accident.
A visibly distraught Mohammed related that a police report was made, hence they are pleading for justice for their younger sibling.
“We went to the station and they say they have to investigate the matter and will get back to us…he is my small brother and he can’t just hit him down just like that, we are all human beings,” Mohammed stated.
Police reports have since indicated that the driver of the motor vehicle is a police rank, who was proceeding along the Tuschen Public Road when Mohamed allegedly ran into his path and was struck down.
Mohamed was picked up and rushed to the Leonora Cottage Hospital where he was pronounced dead on arrival. The body is presently at the Ezekiel Funeral Home while police investigations are still ongoing.
This is the third joint services rank to have recently struck down a road user, as 61-year-old Colin Crawford of Lot 111 Covent Garden, East Bank Demerara (EBD), was last Monday killed after being struck by a vehicle driven by a Police Constable.
According to reports, the policeman was proceeding south along the eastern side of the western carriageway in the vicinity of Stoby’s Jewellery at McDoom when Crawford was seen standing on the western side of the eastern carriageway, close to the median that separates the eastern and western carriageway on that road.
The injured man was picked up by the Police Constable with the assistance of public-spirited persons and taken to the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) for medical attention. He died some three hours after the accident.
At the time of the accident, a breathalyser test was conducted on the Police Constable and no trace of alcohol was found in his system.
