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Unlicensed driver takes niece on deadly ride… Girl, 11, killed; brother injured
-suspect flees scene
An unlicensed driver slammed a Canter truck into a parked, sand-laden vehicle near Coverden, East Bank Demerara yesterday, killing his 11-year-old niece and injuring her seven-year-old brother.
Inaleema Jhaman, of Lot 19, Soesdyke Public Road, was sitting in the cab of the Canter truck when her uncle lost control of the vehicle and careened into the sand truck at around 09:00 hrs.
She was killed instantly.
Her brother, Joshua Jhaman, was treated at the Diamond Diagnostic Centre for a suspected broken arm. He was subsequently discharged.
Police said that the children’s uncle, identified as Richard Jhaman, of Soesdyke, fled the scene without attempting to render assistance to the injured children.
He was still at large up to press time.
According to the police, Richard Jhaman was heading north at a fast rate in Canter truck, GGG 9651, when he hit a hump on a bridge near Coverden and lost control.
He then slammed into the back of a sand truck that was parked on the eastern side of the road.
Joshua Jhaman, the children’s father, told Kaieteur News that he had bought the truck only three days ago and had parked the vehicle outside his home.
He said that unknown to him, his brother, who is unlicensed, boarded the vehicle and headed north up the East Bank Demerara Public Road.
Mr. Jhaman said that without notifying him, his daughter and son accompanied the uncle on the ‘joy ride.’
Minutes later, the family heard the impact of the collision which occurred a short distance from their home.
“We hear ‘bladam’ and my wife run out, and came back and said is my kids,” he said.
“I go to the gate, but I collapsed. I couldn’t go. I haven’t gone to the accident scene yet.
“She was a loving child.”
Inaleema attended St. Mary’s Primary School at Soesdyke.
Their mother, Endroutie Mohabir, said that she rushed to the scene and saw her daughter lying motionless on the roadway. She accompanied the injured children to the Diamond Diagnostic Centre, where doctors informed her that her daughter was dead.
The accident comes in the wake of Sunday’s smash-up at Supply, East Bank Demerara, which claimed the lives of five people.
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