A 63-year-old pedestrian, Arnold De Santos, was crushed to death on Thursday on the Farm Track access road at Madewini, East Bank Demerara in an accident involving a motor lorry #GAD 7213 driven by a 27-year-old.
Police say the accident occurred at around 6.15 pm on Thursday.
Enquiries disclosed that the lorry was reversing south on the eastern side of the Farm Track access road at a fast rate when it struck De Santos who was walking on the same side of the road. He was picked up in an unconscious condition and taken to the Diamond Diagnostic Centre where he was pronounced dead on arrival. The body was escorted to the Memorial Funeral Home to await a post-mortem examination.
The driver is in police custody assisting with investigations.
