An elderly man died on the spot yesterday when a Mayor and City Council tractor and trailer ran over his head on Water Street. The driver of the vehicle who fled the scene moments after the impact has since been detained by the police.
Dead is Compton Lacon, 73 years of Mocha Arcadia, East Bank Demerara.
Police said in a release that they are investigating the accident that occurred at about 1230 hours yesterday at Water Street and the John Fernandes Wharf Access Road (which runs alongside Bounty Supermarket), Georgetown, and which resulted in the death of Lacon.
Initial investigations revealed that an M&CC tractor with trailer attached was proceeding north along the western side of Water Street