Bus kills man on McDoom pedestrian crossing

Jul 08, 2018 News

Dexter Thomas, 48, of Lot 14 Haslington, East Coast Demerara, died yesterday after he was struck down by minibus BWW 6110 on a pedestrian crossing, on the Mc Doom public road.
The accident was caught on CCTV Camera, and was widely circulated on social media. Thomas was seen crossing the McDoom public road on the pedestrian crossing at 17:30 hrs.
Thomas was seen walking briskly across from the eastern side of the road. He stopped briefly at the median of the four-lane highway at which time he looked toward the direction of the Harbour Bridge, to insure that there was no oncoming traffic. He then made an attempt to cross quickly, which led him into the path of the minibus, a Route 43 bus bound for Linden. The bus was on the western carriageway of the East Bank public road.
This road is normally for traffic bound for Georgetown, but because of the traffic congestion in the afternoons, the Guyana Police Force traffic department, has created a third lane that heads to the Harbour Bridge for a certain period in the afternoons.

BWW 6110 the bus that hit down Dexter Thomas

Video footage shows Thomas being hit and thrown into the air, by the minibus, after which the bus came to a screeching halt.
Thomas was then picked up in an unconscious state and taken to the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation, where it is said that he died while receiving treatment.
Police is a statement said, “As Mini Bus BWW 6110 was approaching the Shell Gas Station, the pedestrian was standing between the concrete median and as the minibus got closer the pedestrian suddenly ran across the road going west across the western carriageway and in the process of doing so he ended up into the path of the minibus.
“Upon seeing him, the driver took evasive action by applying for brakes and swerving further west, but the left front of the minibus came into contact with the pedestrian and as a result of swerving, the right side front of the mini bus collided with minibus BNN 3796 which was proceeding north on the western side of the road.
“The pedestrian fell onto the road surface where he received injuries about the body. He was picked up in an unconscious state and placed in motorcar PMM 5464 and taken to the Georgetown Public Hospital where he was treated for head injuries and a broken right leg.
“He later died while receiving additional treatment.”
This is the second time that an individual has lost his life as a direct result of complication created by the establishment of a third lane without having sufficient signage and awareness.
A few years ago, a Kaieteur News staffer office staff of this publication, Harry Brijmohan was heading south on the East Bank Public Road on his motorcycle, when he collided head-on with a car that was in the eastern carriageway.
This carriageway is converted from a two-way thoroughfare into a single lane during the morning rush-hour. The Kaieteur News staffer’s death had highlighted the danger in operating the reverse mechanism without a consistent system and public awareness exercises.
Following Brijmohan’s death, traffic ranks made an extra effort to place cones on the roadway to notify drivers that traffic flow had changed. But it is abundantly clear now that enough has not been done.

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