Karran Chooraman, 24, who was struck down and dragged some 20 feet just over a week ago, died yesterday morning.
Chooraman, a Crown Spot Lemonade employee, of Tain, Corentyne, was unloading lemonade from the parked company truck on July 21, when another truck, proceeding in the opposite direction, struck him and dragged him.
It was alleged that the driver of the other truck had fallen asleep at the wheel. Upon realising this, the person sitting in the passenger seat next to him turned the wheel, causing the vehicle to swerve and hit Chooraman.
Chooraman had suffered major internal bleeding in his head and abdomen, and was being treated at the Georgetown Public Hospital. Relatives of Chooraman told Stabroek News that on Saturday, doctors from the GPHC had told them that Chooraman was stable from his neck down but still had some head injuries.
The doctors had taken him off of the life support machine and he was breathing normally until 5:30 yesterday morning. The relatives told this newspaper that they are waiting for a post-mortem to be done before they take the body back to their home in Corentyne.
While the driver of the truck had been taken into custody after the accident, Chooraman’s family was unaware of his fate.
