A twenty-one-year-old truck driver is in police custody in connection with an accident which has claimed the life of a pensioner, Vakeanand Sukdeo – 65. The accident occurred at 6:25hrs along the Covent Garden Public Road, East Bank Demerara.
According to a statement issued by the Corporate Communications Unit of the Police Force, as truck driver Joshua Lim approached a gap in the concrete median made a right turn onto the eastern carriageway -directly into the path of the unsuspecting cyclist.
The impact threw Sukdeo onto the roadway, leaving him with multiple injuries. Sukhdeo who lived at Little Diamond succumbed at the scene as medical technicians attempted to save his life.
Lim, a resident of Kuru Kururu is in custody assisting with the investigation.