The Police are investigating a fatal accident that claimed the life of 57-year-old Ralph De Castro of Mon Repos, East Coast Demerara on Saturday night.
A police report stated that about 7:30 pm on Saturday, motorcar PAD 7001, owned and driven by a 41-year-old female resident of Enmore, East Coast Demerara, was driving east along the northern carriageway when the driver saw a man suddenly walk from the north to south across the road into the path of her vehicle.
The driver, according to the police report, said that she applied brakes but the front left of her vehicle struck De Castro.
As a result of the collision the pedestrian was flung onto the road surface and suffered injuries. The report further stated that De Castro was picked up from the road in an unconscious state by public-spirited citizens and was taken to the Georgetown Public Hospital where he was examined by a doctor and pronounced dead on arrival.
Meanwhile, an eyewitness, Sumentra Budhan told Stabroek News that about 7:30 pm, she was selling food at her stand, on the Mon Repos public road, when she heard a loud ‘bang’. When she looked around, she saw De Castro lying on the road. Budhan then observed De Castro being run over by another car immediately following the first collision. She noted that the pedestrian had already crossed the first lane and was about to cross the second lane, that led to him into the busy traffic. Budhan said that the traffic was so busy that when the first car hit De Castro, the second one ran over him just after. Budhan also said that the first car’s windshield broke as a result of the impact.
Budhan explained that about two months ago, De Castro’s parents had put him out of the home because of his smoking and drinking habits. She noted that his immediate family resides overseas.
