Police are yet to arrest the suspect in the hit and run accident at Eccles Public road on Wednesday night, which claimed the life of a woman and left her partner hospitalised.
Orwin Whittington, 35, of Alberttown, was riding a motorcycle along with his girlfriend, Latoya Thompson, 27, of Craig, East Bank Demerara when they were hit by a car that ran a traffic light.
Thompson died on spot, while Whittington was rushed to the Georgetown Public Hospital, where he is still admitted.
The bed-ridden Whittington, who has a broken shoulder, bruised ribs, and a fractured hip, told Stabroek News yesterday that Thompson had been calling him earlier in the night to transport her home.
“I was up in Demico [Stabroek Sports Bar] whole night and she de calling me and I wasn’t answering. I seh she woulda go home,” Whittington said.
He explained that the woman had just ended her shift at the Hicksville Hotel, in West Ruimveldt and it was customary for him to drop her to her Craig home. However, he ignored her calls as he was out with his friends.
“All I see she come up the step and she find me. My friends tell me to drop her home and is so I decided to go up with her,” he said.
Whittington recalled that the East Bank road was wet and as a result he was riding slowly. He noted that upon approaching the stoplight at Eccles, he slowed down and that is when a silver-grey Toyota Fielder Wagon came speeding through the corner.
“Leh I tell you, this man didn’t slow down. He shoot straight ’cross the road and turn and lash the front of me bike and we both gone skating,” he recalled, before adding that after he was hit down he lost consciousness until he was at the hospital. After the collision, the driver sped off and refused to render assistance.
The police are currently in possession of a number plate for the car but no arrest has been made as yet. According to a source, who knows the driver of the car, the man was out drinking with friends prior to the accident and was “more than drunk.” The source, who wished to remain anonymous, told Stabroek News yesterday that the man had two other passengers in the car who often complained and questioned “if he was on a racetrack,” given the speed he was going.
“It’s utterly unbelievable that they can’t find this guy yet. Look how long it has been and they can’t find this guy and they have the number plate for the car. Her [Thompson] two-year-old daughter has been asking for her. What are we supposed to tell her?” a grieving relative of Thompson told Stabroek News yesterday.
