Truck driver, 25, dies in Coldingen hit-and-run accident

A 25-year-old truck driver died on Friday following a hit-and-run accident along the Coldingen Public Road, East Coast Demerara (ECD).

Dead is Adzel Inniss of Burma Housing Scheme, Mahaicony, ECD. Police Headquarters reported that the accident occurred at about 04:30 hrs on Friday.

According to the report, Inniss stopped at the Chico Ramas Gas Station at Coldingen and exited the truck (GAC 1443) which he was driving and stepped into the path of a black Toyota Fielder Wagon.

Police said the driver of the Fielder Wagon fled the scene after the accident. The car’s registration number and the driver’s identity are currently unknown.

Inniss was picked up by public-spirited citizens and taken to the Georgetown Public Hospital where he was pronounced dead.

The body is at the Memorial Gardens Funeral Home awaiting a post-mortem examination.