-boyfriend critically injured
Two families are now left to pick up the pieces after a devastating crash along the Corentyne Public Road left an 18-year-old dead and her 24-year-old boyfriend critically injured.
Dead is Bibi Zarida Allie, 18, a medical technologist originally of Clifton Village, Corentyne. Her boyfriend, Nirav Sukdeo, 24, also a medical technologist, who was driving motor car PAF 6330 at the time of the accident is presently in the Intensive Care Unit at the Anamayah Memorial Hospital.
The duo earlier this year began living together at of Lot 14 Lancaster Village, Corentyne where Sukdeo’s family operate a Bio Tech Lab.
Stabroek News was told, that Sukdeo sustained massive internal injuries and both of his legs were broken.
According to information gathered, around 2.46 am yesterday Sukdeo was heading home proceeding north along the Kiltairn Public Road on the Corentyne highway allegedly at a fast rate of speed and under the influence of alcohol when he suddenly lost control of the vehicle and slammed into a crane which was parked on the western parapet along the said road.
Eyewitnesses told Stabroek News, that due to the impact of the crash, the crane which is being used to build the bridges for the four-lane road extension project, shifted a bit from the spot it was parked.
As a result of the crash, Allie who was sitting in the front passenger seat was flung out of the vehicle, suffering massive head and body injuries, while Sukdeo’s car ended up in a canal on the eastern side of the said road.
It was Allie’s side of the car which came into full contact with the parked crane.
Sukdeo was rushed to the Anamayah Hospital where he was immediately admitted, while Allie’s body was taken to the Skeldon Hospital where she was pronounced dead on arrival.
Resident of Kiltairn Village, Anand Seeraj, who was at the scene yesterday morning relayed that he was fast asleep when he heard a sudden loud impact.
After checking on the impact, he discovered Sukdeo’s car next to the canal.
Several residents yesterday suggested that the contractor responsible for the road work should have placed better signage which can be easier seen in the nights.
Seeraj said, “When you reach right up only then you notice the sign and there is no light there.”
Meanwhile, Allie’s family was still coming to terms with her death yesterday morning.
Her father, Mohammed Allie relayed that he received a call just around 2.56 am from an unknown number informing him of the accident. He said, he rushed to the scene but his daughter’s body had already been transported to the Skeldon Public Hospital.
After arriving at the hospital he was given an opportunity to view his daughter’s body where he noticed that “she whole body bruk up, brain dismantle, foot, neck, everything just break up.”
Her body is presently at Anthony’s Funeral Parlor located in Eversham Village, Corentyne.
Sukdeo’s family yesterday declined to speak with the media.
