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BREAKING NEWS: Woman crushed by container truck on High Street
Scene of the accident
Kaieteur News – A woman identified only as “Martha” was on Wednesday night crushed by a container truck while crossing High Street, Georgetown.
Dead, Martha Williams
One eyewitness recalled seeing her suddenly running across the road before hearing a loud popping sound.
What was left behind was the body of a woman cut in half with body parts scattered across the road.
When Kaieteur News arrived on the scene it was gruesome.
Other persons recalled seeing the container truck stopping in the corner and the driver running away from the scene leaving the porter behind.
Kaieteur News later learnt that the woman was killed five minutes after leaving some friends at a location on Princess Street, Georgetown.
“She just leff we bai she just went busing we up (friendly) and then she seh she going home, now look wa happen” A woman in tears said.
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