Police are investigating a fatal accident which occurred about 21:45 yesterday on the Enmore Railway Embankment Road, East Coast Demerara (ECD).
Dead is Inderpaul Pramenauth, called ‘Babai’, a 43-year-old businessman of Lot 76 Block 12 Non-Pareil, ECD.
The accident involved motor car PKK 2473, owned and driven by Pramenauth, and motor car PAC 5742, owned and driven by a 31-year-old female resident of Paradise Housing Scheme, ECD.
The female driver told investigators she was proceeding east along the northern side of the Enmore Railway Embankment road when she observed motor car PKK 2473 proceeding south along the Enmore Estate Acess Road at a fast rate.
She alleged that the car then made a right turn to proceed west onto the Railway Embankment road before colliding with her vehicle.
Pramenauth’s car then slammed into a utility pole on the northern parapet and then into a trench on the northern side of the road, where the vehicle came to a stop.
The driver (Pramenauth) received injuries about his body and head. As a result, the driver was taken out of his vehicle in an unconscious condition by police ranks who, placed into a GPF vehicle and escorted to the Georgetown Public Hospital’s Accident and Emergency Unit.
The businessman was examined by a Doctor, who pronounced him dead on arrival. The body is at the hospital’s mortuary, awaiting a post-mortem examination.
The driver of motor car PAC 5742 is in custody, assisting with the ongoing investigation.
