Two dead, several injured in four accidents

Jan 03, 2020 News

By Shikema Dey

It appears as if the road madness from 2019 has seeped into the New Year. 2020 was met with four accidents; two of which were fatal and the reminder leaving several injured.

Mukesh Seurattan’s pick-up being removed from the trench

The totally destroyed Toyota Ram in the Crabwood Creek accident

Those dead were identified as 60-year-old Donald Mootoo of 13 Bissoon Street, South Better Hope, East Coast Demerara; and 24-year-old Bhojram Hemraj of #67 Village, Corentyne, Berbice.
Both men died in a similar manner with Hemraj being the first road fatality for the year. That accident occurred at around 22:00hrs on Tuesday evening.
According to information received, the young man was on his motorcycle bearing registration number MR 2 proceeding south along the eastern side of the Corentyne Public Road.
Hemraj, whilst in the process of negotiating a left turn, lost control of his motorbike and slammed into a wooden and metal sign board located on the northern grass parapet.
The young man was picked up by public spirited citizens and rushed to the Skeldon Public Hospital where he was pronounced dead on arrival.

Donald Mootoo lying unconscious at the scene of the accident

The motorcycle Mootoo was on at the time of the accident

Donald Mootoo succumbed hours later on the Montrose Public Road, East Coast Demerara around 01:50hrs on Wednesday in a gruesome accident that left his limbs severed. `
Mootoo, a painter by profession, was on his motorcycle CH 7540 proceeding west along the northern driving lane on the southern carriageway of the public road. Like Hemraj, he failed to negotiate a right turn, lost control of his motorcycle, and collided with the median in the center of the road.
This impact resulted in his body being flung onto a light pole in the center of the road. He sustained severe injuries including severed lower limbs.
Mootoo was picked up in an unconscious state by public spirited citizens and rushed to the Georgetown Public Hospital where he was pronounced dead on arrival.
Meanwhile, a Region Two resident is counting his lucky stars after he narrowly escaped death.
Mukesh Seurattan is currently hospitalized. He was said to have lost control of his vehicle while negotiating a turn on the Capoey Public Road.

Dead Bhojram Hemraj

The sign board Hemraj slammed into on the Corentyne public road

The accident occurred around 7:30am, New Year’s morning.
Kaieteur News understands that Seurattan was in his Ford pick-up when he alleged that a car drove into his path while approaching a turn.
The man tried swerving to avoid a head on collision but ended up crashing into a ‘crash bar’ resulting in the vehicle coming to a halt in the nearby trench.
Public spirited persons who heard the loud impact rushed to the man’s assistance and transported him to the Suddie Public Hospital where his condition is listed as stable.
Back in the ancient county, three persons escaped with mere scrapes and scratches from a horrific crash that totally destroyed a Toyota Ram bearing registration number PNN7976.
The vehicle reportedly turned turtle and slammed into a utility pole on the Crabwood Creek Public Road, Corentyne.
Reports stated that the driver, a 22-year-old Seeram Ramdatt, fled the scene shortly after the accident which occurred at around 03:30hrs.
It was said that Seeram was speeding along the main road on Wednesday morning when the car flipped after crossing the Black Water Bridge. The vehicle then slammed into a Guyana Power and Light pole, splitting it from the bottom.
The runaway driver was subsequently arrested at his Crabwood creek home. It was reported that he took the vehicle and went for a joy ride without the owner knowing. Their conditions are all listed a stable.

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