Reports state that the deceased suffered from internal injuries; whilst Lawrence sustained a broken arm, Johnny sustained severe head and facial injuries, and Lochand is said to be in a critical state with major head injuries.
The deceased owned a dredge in the interior, and he was due to travel into Mahdia on Wednesday, March 30. According to his brother, Vino Lall, Vishram left home with his two workers, Richie and Rajendra, along with his friend Lawrence to collect a few items of car parts from someone on the East Coast of Demerara. Vino said he would have been in the same car had he not changed his mind at the last minute because his daughter was not feeling well. Vishram was an exceptionally good person, the brother opined.
His tearful father, Omadatt Lall, explained that he received a call at about 12:30h, informing him of the accident; and he immediately rushed to the Diamond Diagnostic Centre, where he saw his son lying unconscious, waiting to be transferred to the GPHC for further treatment. “At the Diamond Hospital, the staff took more than an hour to locate an ambulance to transfer my son. They called Kuru Kururu and Timehri, but none was available. The GuySuCo ambulance came to my son’s rescue,” the grieving father related.
Vishram Lall, centre, with his two brothers in happier times
Vishram raced in the Super Bike category at international race meetings at the South Dakota Circuit for the past four years. “Robin”, as he was commonly called, was described as a brother whom anyone would want to have. He was a peaceful, easy-going person, relatives said. He is survived by his parents, two brothers and one sister.
When Guyana Times International arrived on the accident scene, there were shards of the car’s glass scattered all over the roadway. The fire truck was still parked at the scene, but the wrecked car had been taken to the Providence Police Station. An official from the Guyana Fire Service explained that the fire truck was responding to an emergency call from La Grange, West Bank Demerara, and was travelling south on the eastern carriage way of the East Bank Highway when, upon reaching the intersection of the Demerara Harbour Bridge, a car undertook two minibuses and ran into the path of the travelling vehicle.
The damaged fire tender with which the car of Vishram Lall collided resulting in his death on Tuesday afternoon at the junction of the Demerara Harbour Bridge and the East Bank Public Road. Three other persons were injured in the accident
He disclosed that despite two minibuses stopping at the junction to give clearance to the fire tender, the motor car, which was proceeding north, failed to adhere to the siren and jumped the intersection. When the driver of the car realised he was squarely in the path of the fire tender, he swerved, but it was too late. An anonymous eyewitness disclosed that the fire tender was coming from Georgetown with its sirens blaring, but despite a few vehicles stopping to give the fire tender access to the DHB road, the speeding car undertook the buses and, upon realising that a collision was imminent, swerved to avoid the collision, but could not vacate the path of the fire engine.
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