Relatives of the late Selena Sooklall who died in a hit and run accident on Saturday night on the Vergenoegen, East Bank Berbice public road, are clueless as to why she was in a kneeling position on the road at the time of her demise.
Sooklall’s daughter told Stabroek News yesterday that she lived with four of her children. Their house is situated on the roadside. Sooklall was said to be in a kneeling position at the centre of the road when a red pickup struck her.
From the CCTV footage seen by Stabroek News, Sooklall walked to the centre of the road. She then stopped and remained there for a period of time. Several vehicles slowed down but she went from a standing to a kneeling position and remained there. It was at the time when she went to the kneeling position that the red pickup collided with her and she was dragged 50 feet away.
According to the police report, Samantha Manohar, a 26-year-old of Meten-Meer-Zorg, West Coast Demerara was driving along the public road at Vergenoegen when she observed Sooklall in a kneeling position in her path. Manohar said she then slowed down her vehicle and before she could have stopped completely, the red pickup proceeding in the same direction behind her overtook her vehicle and collided with Sooklall.
Manohar stated that the pickup then stopped a few feet away from Sooklall, after which the driver drove away.
Sooklall was picked up from the road and taken to the Leonora Cottage Hospital. She was pronounced dead on arrival.
