A blue Noah motor vehicle (# PC 7428) owned and driven by Dinesh Chotkoe, a 45-year-old Hymac Driver of Letterhoutstraat 461 Nickerie, Suriname, was destroyed by fire yesterday at about 8.30 am at Lancaster Village in Corentyne, Berbice.
The police said that information received from persons in the area disclosed that while the vehicle was in the vicinity of Lancaster Village, travelling along the public road in an eastern direction, it caught fire.
The police said Simon Gray, of Liverpool Village, was driving behind the vehicle at the time when he saw what appeared to be fire under the car. Gray said he drove up alongside the vehicle and informed the driver, who stopped and exited the vehicle. His wife and daughter also exited, and less than a minute later, the vehicle went up in flames.
Chotkoe was interviewed by ranks at Whim Police Station. He related that on September 8, 2023, he arrived in Guyana with his family. He said they were travelling from Georgetown to head home to Suriname when the incident occurred.
The fire service was summoned to the scene and put out the fire. No one was hurt.
