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Mentally ill man among three killed in separate road accidents
A mentally ill man died on the spot early yesterday at Hope, East Bank Demerara after he jumped
The truck that Nedd jumped in front.
in front of a truck which was heading north along the East Bank Demerara Public Road.
He was among three persons killed in separate accidents across the country yesterday.
Hilton Nedd called “Monkey man”, 35, of Diamond Housing Scheme, East Bank Demerara was killed around 08:00 hours.
According to eyewitnesses, Nedd who they claimed “tripped” yesterday, jumped in front of the moving truck and ended up under its wheel.
When the vehicle stopped about 100 feet away from the point of impact, the lifeless body of Nedd was pulled out.
One eyewitness who refused to give his name said he knew Nedd for some years now. He claimed that the man who lost his wife last year “would get a nervous breakdown from time to time and wander.”
“Since before his wife died he does trip out and he does deh all about. I think his last address was Diamond. He done trip two times for this year,” the eyewitness said.
He added that he saw Nedd in front of his business place at Hope yesterday and he called out to him but did not get a response.
“When he ain’t answer, I say to myself that he trip out again and I left and go,” the man added.
Sanjay Ramdass, Nedd’s employer, said that the now dead man had been working for this company
Nedd’s body after it was pulled from under the truck.
for the past four years.
“He does work and when he tripped out, he does disappear for couple months and then come back,” Ramdass said.
Meanwhile, the truck driver who was sitting at the back of a police car refused to speak to the media.
Five hours later, 21-year-old Paul Gonsalves, of Pomeroon, Essequibo River, became another road fatality when the motor vehicle he was travelling in crashed into a utility pole at Greenwich, West Coast Demerara.
According to the police, about 13:30 hours Gonsalves was in a motor vehicle travelling along the Public Road at Greenwich, when the driver lost control of the vehicle.
Paul Gonsalves sustained injuries and was pronounced dead on arrival at the Leonora Cottage Hospital.
Another passenger, Gillian Raphael, 23, also of Pomeroon, sustained injuries and has been admitted to the Leonora Cottage Hospital.
The driver of the vehicle is in police custody assisting with the investigations.
And earlier yesterday, police on the West Coast of Berbice were called to investigate a fatal accident that occurred at about 05:15hours at Golden Grove Public Road, and resulted in the death of Neil Wallerson, 55, a labourer of Hopetown.
Investigations revealed that Wallerson was riding a pedal cycle along the roadway when he was struck down by a motor vehicle which drove away from the scene.
He was taken to the Fort Wellington Hospital where he was pronounced dead on arrival.
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