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A 15-year-old Pomeroon lad was killed on the Number 10 Public Road, West Coast Berbice, after he was struck down by a car that was allegedly speeding. He has become the country’s first reported road fatality for this year.Police,Cheap Jerseys, in a press release, stated that the fatal accident occurred at about 09:45 hours yesterday, and resulted in the death of pedal cyclist Danley Braithwaite.According to the police, their investigations revealed that motor car PKK 4409 was proceeding along the roadway when it is alleged by the driver that the pedal cyclist rode out from a yard onto the road and came into contact with the vehicle.He was taken to the Fort Wellington Hospital, where he died while receiving medical attention.The dead youth’s sister, Joycelyn Braithwaite, told this newspaper in a telephone interview that her brother, who resides in the Pomeroon River, had been spending the Christmas holidays with her on the West Coast of Berbice, and was scheduled to return home today (Tuesday).She said that she had sent him to a nearby shop to purchase some barley flour,Cheap China NFL Jerseys, and it while he was returning,Cheap Authentic Jerseys, and was about to turn into the passageway that leads to her house, that he was struck down by the car.According to the woman,Cheap NFL Jerseys, the car ended up in a nearby trench.Braithwaite said that after waiting for about 15 minutes at the hospital,Wholesale NFL Jerseys, the doctor advised that since her brother had sustained severe injuries, he would have to be transferred to the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation, and she would have to accompany him.“I left to go home, and while I was changing I got a message that he had died,” Joycelyn Braithwaite told this newspaper. She said that despite what the driver of the car is alleging,Wholesale Jerseys From China, she was told by eyewitnesses that he was speeding at the time of the accident.The driver of the motor vehicle is in police custody assisting with the investigations. |
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