Police are still searching for the driver of a red pickup truck who struck and killed a 45-year-old woman two week ago in a hit and run accident on the Vergenoegen, East Bank Essequibo public road.
Regional police Division #3 Commander, Assistant Commissioner Mahendra Siwnarine, told Stabroek News yesterday that the driver of the red pickup truck is yet to be arrested. Investigations are ongoing.
Selena Sooklall, 45, was killed in a hit and run accident two weeks ago on the Vergenoegen public road, after the pickup truck collided with her. According to her relatives, Sooklall was hit while in a kneeling position in the middle of the road.
Sooklall’s family related that they were clueless as to why she was in a kneeling position on the road at the time of her demise.
From the CCTV footage viewed by Stabroek News, Sooklall could be seen walking to the middle 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 she went to the kneeling position that the red pickup collided with her and dragged her for some 50 feet.
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 overtook her vehicle and collided with the woman.
