Seafood vendor killed in hit and run at Bee Hive

Danishram Prashad

A seafood vendor was on Sunday night pronounced dead on arrival at the Georgetown Public Hospital after he was struck down on the Bee Hive Public Road, East Coast Demerara, by a Canter, which then drove off at top speed.

Dead is 35-year-old Danishram Prashad, also known as ‘Dink’ or ‘Shrimps man’ of Lot 52 David Rose Housing Scheme, Unity Village, Mahaica. He was the father of two girls aged one and three years old.

Nearo Prashad, the dead man’s brother, told Stabroek News that about 9 pm on Sunday