Drivers to be changed for deaths of LBI woman, Little Diamond man

Police have received legal advice to charge 21-year-old Marshall Allicock of Earl’s Court, La Bonne Intention (LBI) for causing the death of 60-year-old Salima Heeralal, as a result of dangerous driving.

Heeralal died after she was involved in a collision, allegedly caused by Allicock on the LBI Railway Embankment, on September 30 last year.

According to Police, at the time of the accident, Allicock was driving motor car PAE 672, when he failed to stop at an intersection, which resulted in a collision with a motor car PAH 5148, owned by Trans Guyana Airways and driven by 58-year-old Prakash Heeralal of Good Hope, East Coast Demerara (ECD).

The now deceased woman was a passenger of Prakash’s car at the time.

Inquiries had revealed that Prakash was proceeding west along the southern drive lane of the embankment at the time, while Allicock was exiting the LBI access road.

The collision resulted in Prakash hitting a bridge on the southern side of the road.

Following the accident, the Heeralals were taken to the hospital by public-spirited citizens, with Salima being admitted to the Accident and Emergency Unit and later to the Intensive Care Unit (ICU).

She succumbed at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC), hours after the accident which occurred at approximately 02:40 hrs.

Meanwhile, a charge of causing death by dangerous driving was also recommended against 21-year-old Joshua Lim of Kuru Kuru, Linden-Soesdyke Highway, who reportedly struck and killed 65-year-old Vakeanand Sukhdeo of Little Diamond, East Bank Demerara (EBD) at Covent Garden, EBD on Wednesday.

Police said a file was completed and sent to the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) in February, with the recommendation for charge, in addition to driving an uninsured and unlicensed motor vehicle. 

The file is still to return to the Traffic Chief on the way forward, according to police.

Investigations revealed that the elderly man was riding his bicycle south along the western drive lane of the road, while the truck was headed north along the eastern drive lane.

It was reported that as the truck approached an empty space between the concrete median separating the two carriageways, it turned right onto the eastern carriageway and collided with Sukhdeo.

He was pronounced dead at the scene by an emergency medical team.