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Elderly fish vendor struck dead by cop’s car
DEAD: Chanderjit Sanichar
Seventy- one- year old fish vendor Chanderjit Sanichar of Better Hope, East Coast of Demerara became the country’s latest road fatality when he was struck down by a speeding car driven by a Police Cadet Officer.
The accident occurred around 04:30 hours on the Better Hope Public Road.
Police in a statement said that the Cadet Officer was driving his car along the roadway when it is alleged that Sanichar attempted to cross the road and was struck down.
“He was pronounced dead on arrival at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation,” the police said.
Kaieteur News understands that Sanichar was heading to the Better Hope foreshore, where he normally purchases fish to resell in his community, when he was struck down.
His sister, Droopati Singh, who lives in the upper flat of the house she shares with Sanichar, recalled that she was cooking when she received the tragic news of his death.
“He does buy load and sell. He was going to buy load,” she said.
She told this newspaper that around 5:30 hrs a girl who lives a short distance from the accident scene came to her house and told her that Sanichar “get knock down and gone to the hospital”.
Singh said that since the girl did not indicate how serious the accident was, she continued her cooking with the intention of going to the hospital immediately after to see what had happened to her brother.
It was not too long after that the real truth of what had transpired was brought to her.
According to Singh, while gathering up some clothes to take to her brother at the hospital, a police vehicle pulled up in front of her house.
“They (police) said that he died and they want me to go and identify the body at the hospital. That is when I know that he died,” Singh explained.
She said that no one told her what were the circumstances surrounding the accident. However, she managed to get a brief word with the driver of the car that struck down Sanichar.
“He said that he was going home and my brother was crossing the road. He did not say anything more,” Singh said.
A man who claimed to be an eyewitness told this newspaper that Sanichar was dragged several yards from the point of impact by the car which eventually stopped several yards away.
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