A taxi driver on his way home Friday night, died shortly after he reportedly lost control of his motor car in the vicinity of Happy Acres, East Coast Demerara.

Dead is Omesh Puran Charran also called Rat Back, 28, of Lot 25 Pigeon Island, East Coast Demerara.

The lone passenger, Hirandai, 26, (only name given) of Lot 5-6 Felicity, East Coast Demerara, who was in the front seat, escaped with minor injuries.

She was treated at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) and sent away. Charran died before he was conveyed to the GPH.

According to eye witnesses, the vehicle was proceeding east along the East Coast Highway when the driver reportedly lost control. The car toppled several times before it ended up under a parked hymac on the southern side of the Happy Acres Public Road. The duo was trapped in the motor car for sometime before public-spirited residents armed with a blow torch managed to free them.

Relatives of Charran told the Chronicle yesterday that he had left for work as usual early Friday morning in his motor car PHH 4537 at PY Taxi Service, Good Hope, East Coast Demerara. His grieving aunt said that shortly after 22:00 h they received a telephone call about the accident. When they rushed down to the GPHC they were told that he had died.

The badly damaged motor car was seen parked outside the Sparendaam Police Station minus its top.

Sunday, October 16, 2005