New Amsterdam woman succumbs after accident

Raquel Edwards

A New Amsterdam woman died on  Saturday evening after she was  struck down by a motor car along the Fort Canje Public Road.

Dead is Raquel Edwards, 39, a clothes vendor, of Smithfield, New Amsterdam.

Police in a statement yesterday morning said that motor car PNN 3631 was being driven by a mechanic, 34, of Stevedore, South Ruimveldt, Georgetown, when the accident occurred.