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What started off as a peaceful afternoon stroll to the mosque ended with the demise of 80-year-old Nazo Saddick.The octogenarian was fatally struck by a speeding jeep on the East Bank Public Road yesterday afternoon.According to reports, a Guyana Defence Force jeep collided with the elderly woman as she was attempting to cross the public road at Double Bridge, Little Diamond,Tedy Bruschi Patriots Jersey, at about 15:30 hours.Dead: Nazo SaddickEyewitnesses related to Kaieteur News that Saddick was in the process of soliciting public transportation when she was killed.16-year-old Sasha Beveney was at her sister’s ‘corner stand’ and witnessed the collision which she described as ‘so horrific’ that it caused her to scream.“The GDF vehicle just come outta nowhere in a full speed and knock Granny down when she did crossing the road. Just before,James White Patriots Jersey, she de standing on the western side of the road and there was a bus on the other side at a far distance asking the bus where it was heading,” the teen told this publication.“After they knock she,Joe Greene Steelers Jersey, she get drag on the ground and they then pick her up,Hines Ward Steelers Jersey, put her in the vehicle,Lawrence Timmons Steelers Jersey, and take she to the hospital.”Beveney told this publication that the soldiers who were in the jeep, DFB 1533,Le Veon Bell Steelers Jersey, transported the injured woman to the Diamond Diagnostic Centre.Saddick resided at Lot 30 Little Diamond Squatting Area with two of her six children. When news of the woman’s death was relayed to the family they expressed disbelief at the terrible fate which the matriarch met.When Kaieteur News visited the home of the dead woman’s relatives,Ty Montgomery Packers Jersey, her daughter Bibi Saddick told Kaieteur News that her mother had left home a short while before to go to the mosque to uplift some tokens that are usually distributed by the Central Islamic Organisation of Guyana (CIOG).In tears, she related that the now dead woman had left instructions with her (Bibi) to cook,Nick Perry Packers Jersey, promising she would return soon.According to a police press release,Mike Webster Steelers Jersey, the driver of the motor vehicle was taken into custody and is assisting with investigations. |
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