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Robb and Wellington Streets fatal accident…Drunk driver kills father of two
Even as the police are trying to implement more stringent laws for road users and those driving under the influence of alcohol, a taxi driver has become the latest road fatality following an accident early yesterday at the intersection of Robb and Wellington Streets, in the vicinity of C.N. Sharma television station.
Dead: Joel Baynes
Dead is Joel Baynes, 34, of Lot 73 Section ‘C’ Golden Grove, East Coast Demerara. Baynes, a father of two has been working as a taxi driver for the past 11 years. He was attached to the Sheriff Taxi service.
According to reports, the father of two was heading east along Robb Street when a car PNN 1530, heading south on Wellington Street collided with Baynes’ taxi, HB 9018 around 01:00 am yesterday.
The driver of the privately owned car reportedly drove away after the collision, leaving the badly wounded man in the wrecked car. Luckily, one of his colleagues who happened to be passing at the said time took him to the hospital where he later succumbed.
A police source informed this publication that the driver walked into the police station around 07:00am yesterday with his relatives. The driver reportedly told investigators that he drove away from the scene because he had his female associate in his car and had to rush her to the hospital since she suffered injuries as a result of the accident. He is currently in police custody at the station.
Yesterday, when Kaieteur News visited the dead man’s parents’ home, his mother, Phyllis Baynes was inconsolable. She cried every time someone mentioned her dead son’s name.
“He driving for so long and he never kill anyone. How can someone kill my son? Only yesterday (Sunday) he drive me to the airport to collect my baby granddaughter and he stop at a shop and tell me he will buy whatever I want,” the elderly woman said in tears.
His father, Franklin, a pastor said that he was at home sleeping when he received a call from the man’s wife, informing him that he had met with an accident.
“She called me and tell me someone called and told her that Joel was involved in an accident and that he was at the hospital. After she hang up, the same person that call her, called me and said that he was in an accident and that he died and I shouldn’t bring his wife,” the older Baynes stressed.
The dead man’s parents yesterday.
Joel Baynes leaves to mourn his wife, children, parents and siblings.
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Our Condolences to the entire Baynes family! Joel you were fondly remembered yesterday by your primary school classmates here in the USA. He was a wonderful person, always jovial, mannerly and kind hearted! Rest easy my friend.
Vashti Premsukh Kishore.