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Killer car driver dies in custody
Mark Wynter, the drunk unlicensed deportee driver who struck down and killed eight-year-old Yoerindra Radhay, called, Rahul, student of No. 56 Primary School on Friday afternoon, succumbed at the Skeldon Hospital early Sunday morning.
A post mortem revealed that Wynter died of high blood pressure. Wynter’s car, PPP 6154, is still in police custody at the No. 51 Police Station compound.
While at the No. 51 Police Station lockups, Wynter complained of feeling unwell and was taken to the Skeldon Hospital where he subsequently succumbed.
Wynter of No. 50 Village, Corentyne, knocked down the child who was sent on an errand to the shop. The child was walking on the right hand side of the road when he was hit by the speeding car, whose driver ran away from the scene.
An ice-cream van was on the road and the driver saw what transpired and gave chase. Wynter was apprehended at his home.
The child’s grandfather said he learnt from close police source that the driver was drunk and unlicensed. Eye witnesses say he was speeding at the time.
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