A Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo) employee attached to the Uitvlugt Sugar Estate was in the wee hours of Sunday killed in a hit-and-run accident on the Cornelia Ida Public Road, West Coast Demerara.
Totaram Rameshwar, 59, of Lot 915 Cornelia Ida, reportedly suffered head and other injuries, including a broken leg. He was rushed to the West Demerara Regional Hospital where he was pronounced dead on arrival.
Guyana Times International was told that about 04: 50h on Sunday, Rameshwar was reportedly standing on his parapet waiting on a friend, to head to work together at the Uitvlugt Sugar Estate. It was customary for Rameshwar to wait on his friend each morning.
A Toyota Allion motorcar bearing registration number PNN 3547 was travelling at a fast pace and reportedly got too close the parapet, hitting Totaram in the process.
After the accident, the driver sped away, leaving one of his rearview mirrors behind. Guyana Times International understands that the driver, who hails from Industry, East Coast Demerara, subsequently turned himself in at the Vreed-en-Hoop Police Station later that day.
At the Ezekiel Funeral Home, the now dead man’s youngest son, Devindra, told this publication that he was awakened by neighbours who informed him about the accident. He said he rushed out of the house and saw his father lying in the corner.
His father’s foot was broken and his head was swollen, the man explained.
The younger Rameshwar said he hurriedly put his father into his vehicle and quickly drove to the West Demerara Regional Hospital.
The distraught son disclosed that after searching the area when it got brighter, he found one of the mirrors of the car with the registration number engraved on it and handed it over to the police to assist in their probe.
He said on Sunday afternoon, he received a telephone call from one of the investigators who informed him that the driver had surrendered himself. He is hoping that the driver faces the full brunt of the law.
Rameshwar had been working with GuySuCo for the past 20 years and was due to retire next year. He is survived by his wife and seven children.
