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Essequibo records another road fatality
Narine Singh, 71, formerly of Riverstown, Essequibo Coast, became the second pedestrian to be killed on the roads, Wednesday evening. He was struck down on the Riverstown Public Road.
Dead: Narine Singh
Narine’s death came hours after popular newspaper vendor, Bhagwadeen Narine, 61, of Lima, was struck and killed by a speeding car, on the Sparta Public Road, earlier the same day.
The deaths ignited an outcry by Essequibians, who are convinced that most of these fatal accidents are a result of reckless driving by younger drivers.
The driver who struck down and killed Narine in front of his gap at Riverstown abandoned his vehicle aback of Dartmouth backdam, after fleeing the scene.
Police have since recovered the abandoned vehicle and have impounded same in the Anna Regina Station Compound. The driver is currently being sought by the police.
The elder Narine, who manned the Riverstown Mandir for a number of years, met his demise while he was walking from his daughter Sabitree Singh’s Pomona home to his residence at Riverstown, some yards away. He sustained a broken neck, hands, feet and back. Narine died on the spot.
Sabitree Singh explained that her father had visited her earlier that day (minutes after 3pm) and had left her Pomona home around 6:30pm. Singh said she watched her father reach the end of the street before she ventured back into her yard.
The grief-stricken woman said that since her father and mother, Shirley, separated some 33 years ago, she was tasked with taking care of him. As a result she would usually prepare his daily meals.
Singh said her father had visited her to remind her of a trip he and she were to undertake yesterday.
“My father come to tell me that both of us were to travel to Georgetown Thursday. “He said that if I ain’t ready by 17:00 hours, he would go ahead of me.”
Mahendra Singh, a grandson, said that a neighbour informed him of his grandfather’s demise. He said that when he visited the scene, he was confronted by scores of persons who had converged to view the mangled body.
Narine’s death represents the eighth road fatality in Essequibo for the past three months.
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