Elderly man dies after being hit by taxi

Bernard Blake

An elderly man succumbed at the Georgetown Public Hospital (GPH) on Friday, a day after he was struck by a taxi.

Bernard Ignatius Blake, 71, of 1743 Pioneer Lane, South Ruimveldt Park, ventured onto the road just after 6 am on Thursday. About 30 minutes after he left, relatives received a phone call informing them that he was involved in an accident on Aubrey Barker Road.

The car that struck him is attached to the Cyril’s Taxi Service, the relative said, while noting that the