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Tavel Yiraiyuh Ben Levi Gilbert of lot 3723 North Ruimveldt was pronounced dead on arrival at the Georgetown Public Hospital yesterday following an early morning accident on Mandela Avenue.
Gilbert, 22, according to an eyewitness was the pillion rider on a motorcycle. As they were approaching the corner of Pineapple Street and Mandela Avenue, a motorcar struck them from behind. The car was said to be travelling at a speed when it collided with the rear wheel of the motorcycle.
Tavel Yiraiyuh Ben Levi Gilbert
Gilbert was thrown from the motorcycle and into a culvert. Residents of the area then assisted the injured man to the hospital where he was subsequently pronounced dead on arrival.
“When we pulled him out the trench he was gasping for breath. We tried as much to be gentle with him because after we raise he up, we realise that he de bruk up and bleeding through he nose,” the man explained.
He added, “He get hit hard and for somebody he size, it really hit home. The man face and head de mash in. It was a real mess up situation.”
Gilbert’s mother, Donna Cole, said that around 9:00hrs she received a phone call from her son’s father who related to her that Tavel was involved an accident. “Soon as I got the news I rushed down to the hospital but I didn’t get to see my son,” the tearful mother said.
She added that her son had come out of the interior after contracting malaria and stayed in Georgetown to recuperate.
Cole added that she learnt that her son was picked up by a friend who offered him a drop to work which was just a few corners away. He never arrived.
The visibly shaken mother said that her “only child” took a part time job as a labourer before he was scheduled to return to the interior in August. She added that he also planned to attend his cousin’s wedding in June.
Cole added that doctors related to her that Gilbert died of multiple injuries including broken hands, legs, a fractured skull and the possibility of a broken neck. The mother said, “He was a wonderful child, and I loved him. He gave me no problems I can’t remember ever having an issue with him disrespecting me. The only problem I had with him is that he loved to eat.”
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