Taxi driver dies after being rammed by speeding car

Cecil Gilkes

Minutes after he dropped off a passenger, a taxi driver was killed when another vehicle crashed into his car, in the vicinity of the International Conference Centre at Liliendaal, East Coast Demerara (ECD) late Wednesday night.

Cecil Gilkes, called Jim Calender, 63, of Lot 22 Evan Phillips Park, Agricola, East Bank Demerara died before reaching the Georgetown Public Hospital. The other driver, identified as Rabindra Sookram, of Thomas Street, Kitty, was admitted a patient of the same institution.

At the time of the accident, Sookram was said to be under the