Guyanese killed in T&T vehicular accident

Sep 27, 2016 News

A Guyanese national and his co-worker were killed when the van they were in struck another van and flipped several times along the highway near Chase Village Flyover on Saturday night.

Killed: Rajendra Persaud

Rajendra Persaud, 34, a Guyanese employed with Victoria Medical Laboratories in San Fernando, died on the way to the hospital while his front seat passenger, Daniel Alexander, of Maraval, died on the scene.
He was a former resident of Vreed-en-Hoop and student of the West Demerara Secondary School and had studied at the University of Guyana.
A candlelight vigil will be held today at 6pm at the Health Sciences Benab, University of Guyana, Turkeyen, East Coast Demerara, to honour him
There was a significant outpouring of grief on his Facebook account as news of his death spread yesterday.
According to reports in the Trinidad Guardian, the driver of the other vehicle, a 49-year-old contractor of Gasparillo, was arrested and charged after he failed a breathalyser test.
Police reports stated around 11.45 pm, on Saturday, Persaud was heading along the north bound lane of the Solomon Hochoy Highway in a white Nissan Frontier when he came in contact with the right rear of the contractor’s Black Toyota Hilux.
Persaud lost control of his vehicle which flipped several times and ended up in the median of the highway in a southernly direction.
Persaud and his passenger were trapped in the vehicle. Fire Service officers had to use the Jaws of Life to free them.
Alexander, however, died while Persaud was taken to the Chaguanas Emergency Department from where he was transferred to Mt Hope Hospital. Persaud succumbed before reaching the hospital.
Visiting the scene were Highway Patrol and Freeport Police Station officers including Sgt John, PC Chapdeosingh, Cpl Nelson and PC Basdeo.
Cpl Nelson is investigating.