Herstelling man dies in Friendship accident

Jan 01, 2013 News

As the New Year dawned, the Narine household of Herstelling, on the East Bank Demerara is in the process of planning a funeral of a loved one.
Leelaram Narine, better known as “Kampo” was pronounced dead on arrival at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) following an accident on the Friendship, East Bank Demerara Public Road last Sunday night.

Dead: Leelaram “Kampo” Narine

According to a statement issued by the Police Public Relations Office, the 45-year-old man was struck by minibus BPP 514 around 19:00hrs as he attempted to cross the road.
At the time of his death, Narine was preparing to begin the first night of his new job as a security guard.
During a visit to the man’s home yesterday, Kaieteur News learnt that Narine did all kinds of work to provide for himself and his 72-year-old mother who remains distraught over the death of her youngest child.
“Kampo went to work and drop off he bag and stuff and then like he went over the road to buy a cigarette. He was smoking when he get knock down because the lit cigarette left in he hand,” the man’s cousin told this publication.
She who was the first of Narine’s relative to show up at the scene added that as she arrived, the driver kept lamenting that he had been honking his horn for the man to move, but he did not.
“After the driver keep saying that he was honking he horn for me cousin to move, somebody in the bus turned and said that with the speed that the bus was going, it couldn’t stop”.
The woman added that as she rushed to the GPHC, she held her chest when police said that her cousin was gone.
“Like I didn’t even know how to feel. When I walk into the hospital I just see he just lying there on the bed with his eyes open.”
The driver of the minibus is said to be in police custody assisting with investigations.

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