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Providence fatal accident…Alleged runaway driver firmly on police radar
Police are on the hunt for Asif Khan, the man said to be the driver who abandoned his vehicle early Sunday after killing a teenage boy and injuring his friends on the Providence, East Bank Demerara (EBD) Public Road.
Khan, a Bagotstown, EBD resident reportedly fled the scene, leaving two passengers in his vehicle, which bears the registration number PRR 555.
Asif Khan
The passengers revealed Khan’s identity to the police.
According to a police source, since the accident, they have searched a number of places, but came up empty handed.
The source claimed that they questioned the suspect’s wife but failed to obtain any vital information.
The accident which occurred just after 00:30 hrs on Sunday has resulted in the death of Parmanand Deokaran, 18, of 233 Success, East Coast Demerara (ECD). The teen, who had sustained head injuries, was pronounced dead at the Georgetown Public Hospital. His friends, Davendra Mangal, 20, of 27 Better Hope, ECD and Kayshane Ramnarine, 17, of 184 Good Hope, ECD, are nursing injuries at separate hospitals, and are in stable condition.
Nicholas Verasar, who was with the trio at the time of the accident, escaped unhurt.
According to reports, the four friends had just left the Princess International Hotel’s casino and were waiting on a taxi on the East Bank Demerara Public Road when tragedy struck.
Nicholas Verasar told Kaieteur News that he was sitting on a concrete structure in front of the hotel while his friends stood on the road, trying to flag down a taxi.
“They were facing south and I was facing north, so I could have seen all the vehicles that were heading up the East Bank. My friends were laughing and talking and I see a car, swaying from side to side on the Public Road, heading south,” Verasar said.
Fearing for his friends’ safety, Verasar said he rushed to them, but only managed to grab Mangal.
“After I pull him away, I tried to pull Kayshane but my hand slipped and the car was already close, so I run back, but it end up hitting all three of them and pitch them in the trench,” the teenager recalled.
In his hospital bed, Davendra Mangal, who sustained a gash to the head that required over 44 stitches, said that he and his friends had left a staff party sometime around 22:00 hrs on Saturday, after which they went to a club in the city.
“The club was boring, so we went to Baroombar. Parmanand really enjoyed himself there. We eventually left and went to Princess Casino, because Parmanand said he wanted to have fun and I have a membership card for the casino, so I took them.”
Mangal, who was admitted to the Woodlands Hospital, said that all he can remember is walking on the Public Road with his two friends.
“After we left the casino, we went walking, and then next thing I know I was in the hospital.”
Police are continuing with investigations.
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