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Kitty resident dies in late night crash
By Abena Rockcliffe
Scores gathered at a gruesome accident scene last evening to witness the state of 38 year-old Reeshee Baksh of Thomas Street Kitty as he lay helplessly in his mangled car after crashing into the median on the East Bank Highway.
Baksh was pronounced dead on arrival at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC).
The accident occurred at the junction of the East Bank highway and Flour Mill Road sometime shortly after 23:00hrs
Eyewitnesses reported that Baksh, who was driving a green Toyota 170 bearing number plate PGG 1661, while travelling south, collided with the edge of the median and ended up on the other side
Efforts being made to retrieve the mortally injured man
of the road.
“We see he fly pass we then all we hear is a loud sound; when I look round all I see is this thing a spin, but he only spin. Lucky fuh he, he only spin one time but was a big spin that is how he end up on the other side of the road. Only God he self could come down and put hand pun he fuh he live cuz de car propa smash with he.”
Baksh was wearing a black and red jersey and blue jeans. His entire right side lower body was crushed.
When this newspaper arrived at the scene, police and firefighters, with the help of public spirited citizens, were working feverishly to get the mortally wounded man out of his mangled car. However, no ambulance was on the scene.
After about 25 minutes of persistent labour, Baksh’s body was removed from the vehicle.
He was then place onto a stretcher after which he was transported to the hospital by a police jeep with his hands and feet tied.
It was not until this newspaper was making its way back to town that the ambulance raced to the scene.
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