A woman died and her husband sustained injuries after the Canter they were in ran off the Demerara Harbour Bridge yesterday morning.
Gangadei Persaud, 22, of Tuschen, East Bank Essequibo, was sleeping in the passenger seat of the Canter while her husband, Daramdeo Rico Ramotar, 26, was driving. The couple usually go to various markets over the weekend to sell their farm produce and they were on the way to the Plaisance, East Coast Demerara market when tragedy struck. While it was expected to be a normal drive which the couple has been taking for more than a year, it quickly turned grim as Ramotar lost control of the truck on the bridge and the vehicle plunged into the river. While Ramotar was able to escape from the sinking vehicle, he could not assist his wife who was trapped.
“Well I does work the 32 bus so I was here waiting to full my bus around 4:30 when somebody come and tell me
