Man on way to see sick wife dies in crash -vehicle ran into parked truck
Stabroek News, Wednesday, December 12th 2007
A forestry worker is dead and two others are in critical condition
after the vehicle they were travelling in slammed into the back of an
unlit truck parked at the shoulder of the road at Dora on the
Soesdyke-Linden Highway last evening.
Dead is Paul Teixeira, 45, of Plaisance, East Coast Demerara. Workers
at the Guyana Forestry Commission said that Teixeira, who was stationed
at Lethem, was returning to Georgetown to be with his wife who is in a
critical condition at the hospital. Those injured in the crash and in
critical condition up to press time last night are Brian Roberts, 32,
of Mocha, East Bank Demerara and Kitty resident Sean Alves.
Head of the Finance Department of GFC, Edward Goberdhan told Stabroek
News last night at the Georgetown Hospital that the three men were in a
forestry pick-up truck coming out of the interior when tragedy struck
at around 6:30 pm. Goberdhan said that Teixeira had requested to be
with his ailing wife and so the vehicle went to pick him up at the
Kurupukari Crossing yesterday morning. Baboolall, who worked as a
labourer on the truck said that they had just come out from Omai Gold
Mines after buying scrap metal. He said that the truck was parked and
he was sitting in the cabin when all of a sudden he felt something slam
into the vehicle and he was pitched outside. Baboolall with his head
bandaged said the impact of the crash sent him through the truck's
windshield and he landed on his face. As far as he is aware the vehicle
had reflectors and its parking lights were on. Stabroek News was unable
to get a comment from the dead man's relatives.
Road deaths have risen dramatically this year and accidents caused by
the careless parking of vehicles have also increased.
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