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Driver dies after car plunges into canal
An East Coast Demerara family is now mourning the loss of the patriarch of the household, who died under questionable circumstances.
Dead is James Fitzgerald Phill, 61 a Transport Officer attached to the Courtney Benn Construction Company who resided at Second Street Dazzell Housing Scheme, ECD.
Police in a release stated that it is suspected that Phill lost control of his vehicle which plunged into the canal.
The release further stated that the police believe that Phill was trapped inside the vehicle after it entered the canal.
Phill’s car was found submerged in the Hope Canal sometime around 06:00 hrs yesterday.
James Phill
His wife, Audrey Mingo, yesterday told Kaieteur News that she last saw her husband sometime before 21:00hrs on Saturday.
According to Mingo, she fell asleep and left her husband in the bed. It is believed that Phill left his Dazzell Housing Scheme home sometime around midnight on Saturday.
Mingo said that she became worried when he failed to reach home and she added that around 06:00 hrs on Sunday when she about to make a report at the Vigilance Police Station when her niece told her, that her husband’s car was found in the Hope Canal.
According to the woman, a friend of her husband had seen the car in the canal and contacted relatives.
Relatives immediately rushed to the site and found the submerged vehicle.
Mingo said her world came crashing down when she verified that her husband was inside.
According to her, all the safety locks were down in the car and the windows were up.
Mingo said that she did not observe any marks of violence on his body. After discovering the body the family made contact with a presidential guard who lived a short distance away.
It was the presidential guard who contacted the ranks at the Cove and John Station. Relatives yesterday disclosed that Phill had recently undergone surgery for colon cancer.
But Kaieteur News was told that Phill never showed any inclination to take his own life. Relatives told this publication that Phill lived an “easy going” life. One niece who was present described him as a loving individual who was easy to get along with.
James Phill car
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