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BELLE VUE, BERBICE – Fifty-one-year-old Saheed Ramatulla, of Overwinning, on the outskirts of New Amsterdam, was pronounced dead on arrival at the New Amsterdam Hospital yesterday.The man was a passenger in a motor van when the driver reportedly lost control of the vehicle.The incident took place at about 16:30 hours yesterday on the Belle Vue Public Road, just off New Amsterdam.Ramkissoon Ramatally, a 36-year-old, of Gay Park, on the outskirts of New Amsterdam, was the driver of motor van PFF 6831.According to police reports,China Jersyes Cheap, the vehicle was said to be proceeding south along the eastern carriageway at a fast rate of speed when the incident occurred. It slammed into a lantern post on the western side of the thoroughfare, and both the driver and occupant were thrown out.Saheed Ramatulla was picked up in an unconscious condition and was rushed to the New Amsterdam Hospital, but succumbed. The driver sustained injuries to the legs. He was treated, sent away and detained shortly after by the police. |
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