An Upper Corentyne youth lost his life on Sunday evening after a car, which was reportedly speeding, hit him and a co-worker on the Number 54 Village, Corentyne Public Road.
The driver of the car subsequently fled, leaving Trishan Sahai, also known as “Sonno,” 19, dead, and his co-worker and friend, Mooneshwar Jairam, 28, hospitalised, in wake of the accident.
Sahai, who was a labourer of Lot 11 Number 57 Village, Corentyne, was flung into the air and landed a short distance away from where he was standing at the time of the accident. Jairam, also a labourer of Lot 109 Number 57 Village, Corentyne, landed on top of a car that was parked nearby.