Wendy Morris yesterday mourned her son who was killed early Saturday evening in a road accident describing 22-year-old Orlando Augustus as a “good son” who was a boat pilot in training.
She told Stabroek News at her Anns Grove, East Coast Demerara home that the last time she saw her son was early Saturday morning when he dropped her on his motorcycle to take a bus to the city to ply her trade as a vendor.
“I didn’t know he was going out because if I deh know I might have tell him not to go but you know these things…” the woman said trailing off as she remembered the young aspiring boat captain.
She could not recall the name of the company her son worked with but she said he had been an employee for the last two years and in recent times he had been training to be a boat pilot and would take trips to Essequibo. He only returned from one of those trips recently and was expected to spend a few days before returning.
But that was not to be as at around 7:30 on Saturday night, the motorcycle he was riding collided with a car at the corner of Conversation Tree and the Railway Embankment. Reports were that a female was driving the car at the time in company of a male passenger but following the accident the man drove the already dead August to the hospital and stated that he was the driver. The man himself was later admitted to the hospital after he claimed during an interview with the police that he was unwell. He told the police that he was turning into Conversation Tree when the motorcycle slammed into the side of the car.
The young’s man mother said that it was around 8pm when she got the message to go to the hospital but by the time she got there he was already dead. Up to when she spoke to this newspaper she had not spoken to the police “I do not know who wrong but I hoping for the best.” She said the young’s man father had gone to the station in an effort to ascertain how he died. She said her son was wearing a gold chain and ring at the time of his death and also a “brand name slippers he just buy” which were not returned to the family. His cellular phone, bank card and a bag were returned.
“Orlando is good, all at the workplace they give him a good name,” the grieving mother said.
