The truck driver who struck down 59-year-old Ramdoolar Dhanraj and killed him on Saturday afternoon remains in police custody and was over the legal limit for alcohol.
Dhanraj, of Pearl Village, East Bank Demerara (EBD), was on his way to meet some of his friends, a customary occurrence every afternoon, when the accident occurred on the main road of Pearl. A police press release yesterday said the driver of the motor vehicle was tested and found to be over the legal limit in relation to the consumption of alcohol. He is in police custody assisting with the investigations.
The accident occurred around 17:15 hrs as the elderly man was riding to meet his friends. His son, Mhuneshwar Dhanraj, told Stabroek News that he was also on the