Coconut vendor struck dead by speeding car

Roopesh Ramotar

A coconut vendor is now dead after he was hit along the La Grange Public Road, West Bank Demerara (WBD) on Thursday night by a speeding car.

The dead man, Roopesh Ramotar, 46, of Lot 12 Houston, East Bank Demerara, was standing next to his car when he was struck around 10.40 pm.

The police, in a statement issued yesterday, said the driver of the car that hit Ramotar is currently in custody.