A Lusignan father of three is dead after he became the victim of an illegal road race in front of his home on Wednesday night.
Deonarine Singh, 50, of 164 Lusignan Public Road, East Coast Demerara, was making his way home when the hit and run accident occurred around 8.30 pm.
In an interview with Stabroek News, the dead man’s brother Danesh Singh said he had witnessed the accident as he was just a short distance away, where he works as a taxi driver in the area.
According to Danesh, he had witnessed two cars – one a white Carina 212 and the other a silver Allion – proceeding in a westerly direction along the Lusignan Public Road. The cars, he said, appeared to be racing.
At the time, Deonarine was walking in the opposite direction and had attempted to cross the road when he was struck by the Allion.
Danesh explained that he heard the impact and saw when the victim was pitched
to the side before both cars sped off.
He said he pursued the driver of the Allion and caught the man about a corner away from the accident site.
The driver of the vehicle was returned to the scene and it was then, Danesh said, that he realised that the victim was his brother.
“Me had no idea that it was my brother, you know; it was until I catch him [the driver] and come back with he,” Danesh said.
He went on, “And he [the driver] still failed to render assistance because when we came back and I told him to pick up my brother and take him to the hospital — he failed to do so.”
However, he said, Deonarine was already dead at that time.
“The whole side of his face was smash up, his hand bruk up, one foot bruk up,” Danesh detailed.
Deonarine was subsequently taken to the Georgetown Public Hos-pital (GPH) by officers of the Vigilance Police Station, who reportedly arrived promptly at the scene.
He was pronounced dead on arrival (DOA).
According to Danesh, his brother, a welder, had returned to Guyana two years ago after living for years in the British Virgin Islands (BVI). Danesh added that Deonarine had been making plans to return to sometime this year.
The mourning brother further stated that no breathalyzer test was administered to the driver to determine whether he was intoxicated at the time of the accident.
According to Danesh, there were no officers at the police station at that time to administer the test as they were out on the road assisting with security for the annual Diwali motorcade.
Meanwhile, he lamented the carelessness of the driver, particularly in the light of the fact that the man was an experienced driver.
“Fuh know that it’s somebody driving so long and that he know that it’s motorcade night and traffic gon’ be busy; [yet] they racing pon the road,” Danesh said.
Deonarine was de-scribed by his relatives as very quiet and reserved. The accident comes on the eve of the ninth death anniversary of another Singh brother, who was killed in an accident mere feet from where Deonarine was killed.
