AT EAST CANJIE BERBICE
Police are investigating a fatal accident which occurred around 16:00 hrs yesterday (Wednesday, March 13) on Reliance Access Road, East Canje, Berbice. It resulted in the tragic death of Justin Titaram, a 12-year-old student of New Amsterdam Secondary School.
The accident involved a motor lorry #GMM 5087 owned by a businessman of New Amsterdam and driven by a 64-year-old resident of Canefield Settlement, East Canje, and attached to the Rose Hall Suger Estate; and pedestrian Justin Titaram, who resided at Lot 53 Reliance Abandon, East Canje Berbice.
Investigations revealed that the lorry was proceeding South along the eastern drive lane on Reliance Public Road while the 12-year-old boy was proceeding in the same direction, also along the eastern side of the road.
It was alleged by the lorry driver that as he was in the process of making a left turn going East into side-line dam East Canje, he heard someone shouting “hold boy hold”, after which he immediately stopped the lorry.
The driver exited the lorry to see what had happened. He observed the 12-year-old boy lying under the lorry, close to the left-side back wheel.
The victim was picked up by public-spirited citizens, placed into a Police vehicle and escorted to the New Amsterdam Public Hospital where he was pronounced dead on arrival.
The body is at the New Amsterdam Public Hospital’s mortuary awaiting a post-mortem examination.
The lorry driver is in custody assisting with the ongoing investigation.
