A Supply, Mahaica man died late Saturday night after he lost control of the vehicle he was driving and crashed into a canal at Ann’s Grove, East Coast Demerara.
Dead is John Forde, 27, of 17 Supply, Mahaica. Police said the incident occurred at around 10:20pm on the Ann’s Grove public road. “Enquiries disclosed that Forde who was the driver and the lone occupant of motor car PLL 7886, was proceeding east when he lost control and ended up in the southern canal. He was rescued by public-spirited citizens and rushed to the GPHC where a doctor pronounced him dead on arrival,” the police said. “I don’t know. I don’t know where he was coming from or anything. I just don’t know,” Forde’s girlfriend Nikesha Cameron told Stabroek News at the Georgetown Public Hospital yesterday. The woman who only discovered that her boyfriend was dead about 12 hours after it occurred, broke down in tears and had to be consoled by relatives.
She was able to compose herself minutes after and told Stabroek News that while she was not sure where Forde was coming from, he had mentioned to her that he wanted to attend a religious function.
“He doesn’t even own a car so we are not even sure is who car that he was driving,” one of the relatives said. However, Cameron explained that her boyfriend would frequently borrow his friend’s car.
Forde leaves to mourn a three-year-old son.
