A 63-year-old man died in an accident on the Good Hope Public Road, East Coast Demerara yesterday after the vehicle he was in collided with a parked motor lorry.
Dead is Takurand Seemangal, 63, of Thomas Street, South Cummingsburg, Georgetown.
A police press release stated that the accident occurred at about 6.10 am on the Good Hope Public Road. It involved motor van, GGG 6387, owned by the deceased, Seemangal and driven at the time by Wilfred Sanasie, a 38-year-old from Shell Road, Kitty, and a parked motor lorry, GLL 3694.
Enquiries revealed that the van was proceeding east on Good Hope Public Road when the left side front portion of the van collided with the right side rear of the parked lorry which was stationary at the side of the road facing east.
As a result of the collision, the driver and passenger of the van sustained injuries and were picked up and conveyed to the Georgetown Public Hospital. Seemangal was pronounced dead on arrival while the driver was admitted suffering from head injuries.
The body is presently at the hospital mortuary awaiting a post-mortem examination.
