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Bank guard killed by security service vehicle
When Desiree Spencer-Gordon kissed her husband Vernon goodbye early yesterday morning as he was leaving for work, she expected the day to be just like all the others she spent with him where he would return home after a hard day’s work.
But minutes later she was jolted by some news that completely altered the course of her life; her loving husband was struck down by a minibus on the Haslington Public Road, East Coast Demerara, not too far from his home.
Dead: Vernon Gordon
It was just before six o’clock and Spencer-Gordon hurriedly slapped on some clothes and raced to the scene, but by then her husband had been rushed to the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation.
At the time she still harboured hopes that maybe her husband had only suffered a few injuries which he would overcome with urgent medical attention.
That was not the case; Vernon Gordon, 68, a security guard attached to Republic Bank (Guyana) had suffered massive internal injuries and was pronounced dead on arrival at the Georgetown Hospital.
Police in a press release said they are investigating a fatal accident that occurred at about 05:30 hours yesterday at Haslington, ECD, and which resulted in the death of Vernon Gordon, 68 years, of North Haslington, ECD.
According to the police, their investigations have so far revealed that Gordon is alleged to have attempted to cross the Public Road and was struck down by a minibus.
The driver of the motor vehicle is in police custody assisting with investigations.
In a telephone interview with this newspaper the dead man’s wife said, “…the last thing he told me was that he was going to work. I said ‘Okay Vernon’ and just thought that it would be a normal day. Ten minutes later one of my nephews came and knocked on the door and told me that he hear Mr. Gordon get knock down.”
Spencer-Gordon said that she went into a state of shock since she is certain that her husband was usually careful whenever crossing the road, especially the main East Coast Demerara carriageway.
“My husband would normally wait several minutes before he cross the road,” the woman said.
She told Kaieteur News that she was informed by the police that her husband had flagged down a minibus that was heading to the city and was crossing the road when another bus belonging to Brans Security Service struck him down.
It was the driver of the security service vehicle who picked up the injured man and took him to the hospital.
Spencer-Gordon said that she met the driver of the bus at the hospital.
“He told me he was sorry for what happened,” she said.
Apart from his wife, Vernon Gordon leaves to mourn two biological children along with nine foster ones and countless grandchildren.
His death has pushed the country’s road fatality figure to 42 compared with 41 for the same period last year.
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